Doug Burgum Crashes And Burns As He Tries To Defend Trump On CNN

Trump VP hopeful Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) fell aside as he attempted to push Trump’s peace cash trial speaking issues on CNN.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper right away requested Burgum about Trump evaluating Biden to the Gestapo on Saturday, “You were there with Donald Trump last night at Mar a Lago where he claimed Biden was like the Gestapo referring to the Nazi secret police. Are you comfortable with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee comparing the Biden administration to the Gestapo?”

Burgum mentioned, “Well, Jake first, great to be with you. And, and I would say yesterday, we had an opportunity to listen to the president talk for 90 minutes without a teleprompter covering a wide range of topics and largely very upbeat because uh if the election was held today, Trump would be winning. And relative to the reference you’re discussing, I mean, this is a short comment deep into the thing uh that wasn’t really central to what he was talking about. But I understand that when and I think Americans understand a majority of Americans feel like the trial that he’s in right now is politically motivated. And if it was anybody else, this trial wouldn’t even be happening. So I understand that he feels like that he’s being unfairly treated. And I think that it’s reasonable that someone who’s being kept off the campaign trail is the presumptive nominee has got some frustration about that.”

Tapper adopted up, “So a public trial with witnesses, a jury, a defense counsel that’s like the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police?”

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Doug Burgum tries to give an explanation for away Trump evaluating Biden to the Gestapo, and Jake Tapper asks, “So a public trial with witnesses, the jury, defense counsel, that’s like the Gestapo?”

*If that is Burgum’s people VP audition, yikes.* %.twitter.com/VXLyDcrwLX

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) Would possibly 5, 2024

Burgum replied by way of going from claiming the trial is politically determined to Trump’s crimes are handiest misdemeanors, “Well, he certainly didn’t say that, uh, yesterday and he wasn’t referring to this trial when he made that when he made that, made that comment. But I do think that people understand that. I mean, I’m a business guy, this is a business filing case if it was anybody other than a presidential candidate this would be a misdemeanor, how it got turned into 34 felonies when there isn’t even the alleged crime.”

Tapper known as out Burgum’s speaking level on maximum American citizens no longer purchasing that Trump did one thing mistaken, “A plurality of the American people think that President Trump did commit a crime when it comes to this case. And if you add in those who think it was unethical but not illegal, it’s a vast majority. Let me just ask you if Donald Trump becomes a convicted felon because of this case. Will that affect your support for him for president?”

Burgum attempted to advance again to the untouched speaking level, “Well, if he becomes a convicted felon in this case, that’s a just a travesty of justice because as I just said when you’ve got a, a business filing error that is for something that was again, it’s not illegal for, to pay people for non disclosure agreements that happens all the time.”

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Jake Tapper shoots unwell Doug Burgum’s primary speaking level, “According to polling a plurality of the American people think that President Trump did commit a crime when it comes to this case and if you add in those who think it was unethical, but not illegal, it’s a vast majority. ” %.twitter.com/4AYsv57KCr

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) Would possibly 5, 2024

Stream and say farewell to any thin hopes that Doug Burgum will have ever had of being Trump’s working mate, as a result of this interview used to be a emergency.

It’s not all Burgum’s fault regardless that.

The governor is being requested to advance on tv and inform a tale this is so preposterous and counter to what a majority of American citizens imagine that he’s being arrange for failure.

Trump’s telling of the election interference trial leaves out all the crimes. The unlawful marketing campaign contributions, the falsified trade data, and the conspiracy to defraud the electorate are all unnoticed in Trump’s spin.

If Trump is searching for somebody who can create his issues advance away, Doug Burgum isn’t it. Trump’s issues are so heavy someone who tries to promote this untruth goes to fail.

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