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riversedge

(82,560 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:34 PM 20 hrs ago

Jay Clayton Refuses To Directly Answer Who Won The 2020 Presidential Election

Source: yahoo.com



Brianna Tucker Updated Wed, July 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM CDT


Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) got into a tense back and forth with Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's nominee to become the nation's top intelligence chief, during Wednesday's Senate confirmation hearing.

Asked who won the 2020 presidential election, Clayton declined to answer directly, deferring to the response he gave on a similar question from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) earlier in the hearing.

"Yeah, I said ... I'm going to give you the same answer," Clayton responded. "The answer to the chairman was, he asked me if I was an election denier. I am not an election denier. Joe Biden was certified as the president. He went through his process. We went through our electoral process."...........................

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/jay-clayton-refuses-directly-answer-151901767.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall



We have a clear picture of how Clayton will function as AG now--!!



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Jay Clayton Refuses To Directly Answer Who Won The 2020 Presidential Election (Original Post) riversedge 20 hrs ago OP
JFC... sakabatou 19 hrs ago #1
Ossoff: Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president's delusions? riversedge 19 hrs ago #2
That was the best comeback I've heard in a very long time. Boomerproud 16 hrs ago #10
Hey Clayton,maybe your Fuhrer is taking a nap. He might not find out! Bengus81 19 hrs ago #3
After the Oh so important Claytons performance here kacekwl 19 hrs ago #4
Why, just why can't these sycophants admit that trump is a loser? Are they willingly refusing to say who won 2020? vapor2 18 hrs ago #5
it's called BOOTLICKING Skittles 3 hrs ago #16
too much of a coward for any job rurallib 17 hrs ago #6
They will always lie and/or obstruct just to prove they are the lying little toadies that the pedopres want to carry out efhmc 17 hrs ago #7
Slippery as they come; like a greased weasel. patphil 17 hrs ago #8
C O W A R D S THY NAME IS REPUBLICAN. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #9
I want the Democrats to use the words "You are a COWARD then for not answering the obvious." WorseDayEver 16 hrs ago #11
I can't decide if I want... littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #14
The only reason to refuse to answer that question is because you're an opportunist or you're fucking crazy. Or both. Karasu 16 hrs ago #12
How can anyone watch that exchange and come away with any opinion hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #13
Sullivan & Cromwell Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #15
I watched Ossoff grill Jay Clayton over this question on You Tube. ProudMNDemocrat 41 min ago #17

riversedge

(82,560 posts)
2. Ossoff: Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president's delusions?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:50 PM
19 hrs ago

When one has no soul, one can not be humiliated.




Ossoff: Who won the 2020 election?

Clayton: I’m not going to get into that with you.

Ossoff: Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president's delusions?


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The Emperor must never be told he has no clothes...


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Boomerproud

(9,447 posts)
10. That was the best comeback I've heard in a very long time.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:42 PM
16 hrs ago

Every time I look at the news and there's a confirmation hearing the word "contentious " is always in the headlines. I lived through the Watergate hearings actually learned something from grown-ups instead of clowns in the witness chair.

Bengus81

(10,750 posts)
3. Hey Clayton,maybe your Fuhrer is taking a nap. He might not find out!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:55 PM
19 hrs ago

My gawd these people..........

kacekwl

(9,351 posts)
4. After the Oh so important Claytons performance here
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:10 PM
19 hrs ago

I wonder how any Republican can explain their vote for him. Someone should ask them.

vapor2

(5,258 posts)
5. Why, just why can't these sycophants admit that trump is a loser? Are they willingly refusing to say who won 2020?
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:52 PM
18 hrs ago

efhmc

(17,415 posts)
7. They will always lie and/or obstruct just to prove they are the lying little toadies that the pedopres want to carry out
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:56 PM
17 hrs ago

his wishes and desires.

patphil

(9,405 posts)
8. Slippery as they come; like a greased weasel.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:12 PM
17 hrs ago

The man has no courage, and no strength; just a sycophant who wants power and authority to pursue his agenda and make a lot of money doing it.
Trusting him to lead the intelligence community is very worrisome indeed.

littlemissmartypants

(36,137 posts)
14. I can't decide if I want...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:04 PM
15 hrs ago

The gloves off or the gloves with rocks inside adding weight to the gravity of the situation.

Karasu

(2,513 posts)
12. The only reason to refuse to answer that question is because you're an opportunist or you're fucking crazy. Or both.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:06 PM
16 hrs ago

hamsterjill

(18,109 posts)
13. How can anyone watch that exchange and come away with any opinion
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:49 PM
15 hrs ago

Other than that Jon Ossoff is a professional and Jay Clayton is a joke?

Kid Berwyn

(25,745 posts)
15. Sullivan & Cromwell
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:00 PM
13 hrs ago
Jay Clayton is a revolving door old buy straight out of Bill Barr of the BFEE’s old law firm.

“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”

― Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC (Ret.), War Is a Racket

ProudMNDemocrat

(21,056 posts)
17. I watched Ossoff grill Jay Clayton over this question on You Tube.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 07:59 AM
41 min ago

Answering that Joe Biden was CERTIFIED as the winner is the same as saying..."Joe Biden WON the 2020 election."

Jay Clayton tried to have it both ways. Jon Ossoff wasn't having it. He actually got the answer despite Clayton's hemming and hawing.

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