October 19, 2022
AP last year: “Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: ‘Joe Biden won’”
Burnsville, MN – During a press conference this week, when asked who won the 2020 presidential election, Tyler Kistner refused to answer the question directly, instead reciting talking points used by election deniers nationwide.
“There is no arguing that Joe Biden is the president when you go to the grocery store or the gas station,” Kistner said at his Monday press conference.
When pressed by reporters, Kistner avoided the question again, saying “President Biden is in the White House,” before campaign consultant Billy Grant stepped in and abruptly ended the press conference.
“He’s been very clear on this, this is a ridiculous question,” Grant said.
WATCH: Kistner consultant shuts down press conference following questions about 2020 election.
Kistner appeared on two lawsuits disrupting the 2020 election in MN-02 including a lawsuit to overturn the election results, citing specific, albeit unfounded, issues with Dakota County’s results. Kistner was recently listed as an election denier by the Washington Post and CNN.
Other Republican candidates like Marjorie Taylor Greene have used similarly calculated statements when asked who won the 2020 election. When pressed during a debate this week, Greene said, “Joe Biden is the President,” before detailing “proof” of election fraud.
Since last year, GOP candidates who challenged the results of the 2020 election nationwide have resisted admitting that Biden won.
ICYMI: Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: ‘Joe Biden won’
Associated Press, December 2021
- In Minnesota this week, five GOP candidates for governor came up with 1,400 other words when asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt for an answer.
- On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, GOP Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas would only concede: “Joe Biden was sworn into office.”
- One-by-one, five Minnesota Republicans running for governor talked around Hewitt’s question: “Did President Biden win a constitutional majority in the Electoral College.”
- State Sen. Michelle Benson spilled 240 words recruiting Republican poll-watchers and blasting Minnesota’s Democratic secretary of state before Hewitt bluntly asked again: “Did President Biden win?”
- Her answer: “He was certified by Congress as having won the Electoral College.”