Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says his rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. The acknowledgement aired in an NBC News interview on Monday after years of equivocating answers from the Florida governor about the legitimacy of the last presidential election. DeSantis' assertion that “Of course he lost" and “Joe Biden's the president” came after years of lies by Trump and his allies that the election was stolen through mass voter fraud. Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general said there was no credible evidence the election’s outcome was affected by fraud. The former president’s allegations were also roundly rejected by courts, including judges he appointed.
