Trump War Honcho Bristles When Dem Asks Point-Blank 'Who Won the 2020 Election?' [View all]

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby bristled when Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) asked him point-blank “Who won the 2020 election?” at a hearing.

President Donald Trump has spent years falsely claiming that the 2020 election was “rigged” against him and/or “stolen” from him, despite the fact that former President Joe Biden defeated Trump in an electoral landslide that has been reaffirmed over and over by state officials from Trump’s own party and dozens of court decisions.

Colby faced questions at a hearing on “Defense Policy and Strategy” before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, many of which had to do with Trump’s war with Iran.

But Rep. Goodlander wrapped up her questioning by putting Colby on the spot about Trump’s claims. While Colby bristled about the relevancy of the question and refused to answer, he did refer to the election results as “a matter of political contention”:

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