Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also defended Trump’s remarks in an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this Sunday, downplaying the suggestion that the former president’s rhetoric could hurt his standing with disaffected Republican voters.

JD Vance attempted to defend Donald Trump‘s “unfiltered” comments about using the National Guard and military to quash “the enemy within,” claiming they came from “the heart.” “He’s not just running on slogans,

Given the importance of that last role, we should not be at all surprised that, when he finally offered a concrete position after weeks of being asked, Vance asserted that Trump had in fact not lost the 2020 presidential election. He attempted to rationalize and defend his response, as we will explain in a moment, but that’s all irrelevant.