A political analyst on Friday pointed out a stunning moment when a top adviser to President Donald Trump admitted that no votes were changed in the 2020 election.
Vaughn Hillyard, MS NOW senior White House reporter, described why the admission from disgraced journalist John Solomon was so significant during a panel with host Katy Tur.
"I've gotten used to White House officials, campaign officials for Donald Trump over 5 1/2 years refusing to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election," Hillyard said. "And that is why I was, frankly, so stunned in that moment to hear John Solomon, the guy that was brought in to try to help prove the 2020 election was bunk, say specifically that there was no intelligence that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. And I think, why is that so stunning and head-turning in 2026 is beyond us, but the fact is, that's reality."
Hillyard described the fear among people in the Republican Party, adding "there are so few people" in the party willing to admit that Trump lost the 2020 election.
"And when in 2026, when you look across the Republican Party, at state, at the state government levels or up on Capitol Hill in Congress, Republicans today have such a difficult time saying exactly what John Solomon just said right there, that as far as the intelligence that he has available to him, that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election," Hillyard added. "And when you look at Capitol Hill, one of those guys that signed on to that brief back in 2020 to try to overturn the election results in four states was Mike Johnson, the current Speaker of the House. And so I think the words of John Solomon right there on the White House lawn last night could potentially ring far and wide — could because a White House official allied with Donald Trump said the words that there is no intelligence to suggest that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, a hell of a big statement in July of 2026."
