### Tense Exchange Between Dana Bash and Rep. Jim Jordan Over Election Integrity

In a fiery segment on CNN's "State of the Union," anchor Dana Bash and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) clashed over the integrity of the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections and the anticipated policies of a second Trump administration. Jordan appeared on the program on Sunday morning after President-elect Trump secured a sweeping victory, with Republicans reclaiming control of the Senate and making significant gains in the House.

Bash confronted Jordan about the stark contrast in the Republican narrative surrounding the two elections. She highlighted that Trump and his allies alleged widespread voter fraud when he lost in 2020 but now appear to accept the results of his 2024 victory as legitimate. "In the run-up to the election, even on election night itself, Donald Trump baselessly accused Democrats of cheating. Soon as the results started to come in and showed them going his way, he stopped," Bash remarked. She pointed out that no Republican has raised claims of election irregularities this time, suggesting that election fraud claims are only made when Republicans are on the losing side.

In response, Jordan countered that the 2024 election represented the "greatest political comeback." When Bash challenged him further on the issue of election integrity, Jordan diverted the conversation to criticize the Biden administration and pointedly questioned why Vice President Harris had received fewer votes than President Biden in the previous election.

Bash pressed on, asking Jordan directly if he believed the 2024 election was "free and fair." Jordan affirmed that he did. When she probed why he considered 2024 different from 2020, Jordan cited the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which led to increased mail-in voting. He argued that the absence of alleged voter fraud this time was due to Democrats lacking a compelling vision or agenda to attract voters.

As the segment drew to a close, Bash used her final moments to assert, "for the record," that there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, encapsulating the ongoing debate over election legitimacy that continues to polarize American politics.