{"id":3584,"date":"2026-07-15T22:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:14:12","slug":"trump-goon-squirms-at-dem-stars-2020-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3584","title":{"rendered":"Trump Goon Squirms At Dem Star\u2019s 2020 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s new pick for Director of National Intelligence was left squirming uncomfortably when confronted about who won the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3582\">MAGA Rep Taking Money From Orgs She Seeks To Loosen Rules On<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jay Clayton appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing to become the next spy chief on Wednesday, but he refused to answer the election question in a cringeworthy exchange with Democratic Sen Jon Ossoff.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Clayton, 60, is the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Trump tapped him to replace acting DNI Bill Pulte, pending Senate approval, but he completely shut down when pressed by Ossoff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWho won the 2020 election?\u201d Ossof, 39, asked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to do this with you,\u201d Clayton said, throwing up his hand. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a job interview. We\u2019ve established that you have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee. Yes? You have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee?\u201d Ossoff fired back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Clayton said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho won the 2020 election?\u201d Ossoff repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, I\u2019m not going to get into that with you,\u201d the Trump nominee responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you do have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee?\u201d Ossoff pushed back. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs anything that I just said not honest or forthright?\u201d Clayton asked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, you\u2019re not being \u2018honest or forthright,\u2019\u201d Ossoff said without skipping a beat. <\/p>\n<p>The pair then spoke over each other with the senator repeating, \u201cWho won the 2020 election?\u201d as Clayton claimed, \u201cI think I answered the question.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can keep doing this,\u201d Clayton finished with a shrug. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we\u2019re going to keep doing it because you\u2019re not being honest or forthright with the committee,\u201d Ossoff said, deadly calm.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to engage in the theater,\u201d Clayton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a simple question, Mr. Clayton, who won the 2020 presidential election?\u201d Ossoff repeated. <\/p>\n<p>Clayton insisted that he had already answered sufficiently. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re here asking for the support of senators to lead America\u2019s intelligence community. We\u2019ve established that you have an obligation to be honest and forthright with this committee and with the American public, but you refuse to answer a simple matter of fact about the 2020 election, is that right?\u201d Ossoff asked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, that\u2019s not right,\u201d Clayton said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen answer the question,\u201d Ossoff responded. \u201cWho won the 2020 election?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have answered,\u201d Clayton repeated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnswer it,\u201d Ossoff said. \u201cWhat is your answer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve given you my answer,\u201d Clayton said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is your answer?\u201d Ossoff repeated. <\/p>\n<p>Clayton then turned away from the Georgia Democrat in silence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou refuse to answer a basic question about who won a presidential election, but you ask to lead America\u2019s intelligence community?\u201d the senator said. \u201cIsn\u2019t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question? To have to indulge the president\u2019s delusions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know, you know, everybody in this room knows the truthful answer to that question,\u201d Ossoff continued. \u201cWhy can you not give it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I gave you the answer,\u201d Clayton repeated softly as the room fell silent. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3580\">Squirming Vance Admits Trump Team Is \u2018Guilty\u2019 of Epstein Files Mess<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ossoff\u2019s sharp questioning quickly received praise as it went viral online. But he was not the only Democratic senator whom Clayton tried to give the runaround on the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 election?\u201d Ranking Member Mark Warner asked earlier in the hearing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, I\u2019m not an election denier. Joe Biden was certified as the president of the United States,\u201d Clayton said, though he did not specify that he believes Biden fairly won. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me just be clear, we have substantial work to do, and I made it, in improving our electoral processes,\u201d Clayton said. <\/p>\n<p>When it was Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly\u2019s turn, he asked Clayton to share why Biden was certified as the winner of the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really, uhh, I\u2019m going back to my constitutional law here, but I don\u2019t want to continue to have a debate about this, but I believe he had the most electoral votes,\u201d Clayton said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he won the election?\u201d Kelly quipped. <\/p>\n<p>Clayton laughed awkwardly as he said, \u201cHe followed our process, had the most electoral votes, was declared the winner.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd who has the most electoral votes?\u201d Kelly pressed. \u201cIs it the person that wins or?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s your characterization,\u201d Clayton said. \u201cI really, I\u2019m not going to continue to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly said the line of questioning was important for the job Clayton was nominated for because \u201cit seems that folks who are nominated for these positions just fundamentally refuse to disagree with something the president says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem I have with this is he isn\u2019t in the room today. You\u2019re going to be in a room with him many times, and at times you should have a difference of opinion, and if you can\u2019t disagree with him when he\u2019s not in the room, are you going to be able to disagree with him when you\u2019re sitting across from him in the Oval Office or the Situation Room?\u201d Kelly asked. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kelly said the job is about delivering information and making sure the president understands that information. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3578\">Trump\u2019s Botched Renovation Comes With Another Ugly Surprise<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s new pick for Director of National Intelligence was left squirming uncomfortably when confronted about who won the 2020 election. Read more MAGA Rep Taking Money From Orgs She Seeks To Loosen Rules On Jay Clayton appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing to become the next spy chief on Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Goon Squirms At Dem Star\u2019s 2020 Questions - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3584\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Goon Squirms At Dem Star\u2019s 2020 Questions - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Donald Trump\u2019s new pick for Director of National Intelligence was left squirming uncomfortably when confronted about who won the 2020 election. 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