Sununu Defends Trump Over Manhattan Criminal Trial: "People See It More As Reality TV"

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said this week that former President Donald
Trump�s criminal trial in Manhattan will not have the political ramifications
that many of Trump�s detractors believe it will.

Sununu made the remarks during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC
News� �This Week� when asked if he would support Trump even if he was
convicted.

�Yeah, look, this trial is not going to have major political ramifications
that a lot of people, I think, think it may have,� he said. �And when it
comes to these issues, people see it more as reality TV at this point. They
really do. And so, you know, whether it�s a conviction or what that
conviction looks like, a lot of folks, they conflate all four of these
different trials that he�s in.�

�I don�t think it�s good that he�s going to be in the court, have to be in
there probably three days a week, you know, for a number of weeks. That takes
him off the campaign trail,� he continued. �He�ll probably go back on the
campaign trail and almost, like, rehash what�s going on. He�ll try to
victimize it. And that has worked for him, right? I mean, this has been going
on for over a year, and his poll numbers never seem to go down because of the
issue.�

Stephanopoulos said that he wanted Sununu to answer the question in terms of
�right and wrong� and not through the lens of politics.

�This is about politics,� Sununu said. �That�s what people are judging this
on. And the ultimately, you know, decision will be in November, to see where
people are. But for months, and even over a year, we�ve heard that these are
the things that are going to bring Donald Trump down. It�s not. And to think
that the American public is going to be massively swayed by this, politically
or otherwise, that�s � that�s not going to happen.�

WATCH:

Pressed by @GStephanopoulos, Gov. Chris Sununu reaffirms his support
for Donald Trump while standing by some�but not all�of his past
criticism of Trump.

�Nobody should be shocked that the Republican governor is supporting
the Republican president.� https://t.co/RFKwjVZ6bU
pic.twitter.com/EY0j1zQuhe

� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 14, 2024

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