{"id":2035351,"date":"2023-09-17T17:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:14:19","slug":"it-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends 2020 election challenge as his decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fit-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2035351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Former President Donald Trump Challenges Election Results<\/h2>\n<p>After the\u2064 2020 elections, former President Donald\u200c Trump sought advice \u2062from \u200dvarious sources before making the\u200b decision to formally\u200b challenge the results. 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