Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg thinks Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance made quite the political mistake with remarks he made about the outcome of the 2020 election at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.

During the event, Vance said no when asked if he thought former President Donald Trump lost that election.

What message do you think it sends to independent voters when you do not directly answer the question Did Donald Trump lose in 2020? a reporter asked the Ohio senator.

On the election of 2020, Ive answered this question directly a million times. No, he replied. I think there are serious problems in 2020, so did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use.

Buttigieg addressed Vances comments during an appearance on CNN s The Source with Kaitlan Collins Wednesday night, saying, Well, first of all, its wrong, of course. Donald Trump lost.

And I think he knows that, I think hes lying, he continued. I also think its a mistake politically because voters have a dim view of election deniers.

He later added, Now that hes given a straight answer, JD Vance is officially on the record as an election denier something that is shameful, but also ... something thats a setback.