North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who was reportedly on former President Trump’s vice presidential list, defended the presumptive Republican nominee against criticism over the numerous falsehoods he told on the debate stage Thursday. fair.
In an interview Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Burgum called the story “fabricated,” noting that Trump has said publicly in the past everything he said Thursday.
“I think that whole thing fabricated this morning by Donald Trump said something he hasn’t said before — I mean, everything he said Thursday night, he’s said before. I mean, this is nothing new,” Burgum said.
Burgum was responding to a question about whether Trump should stop repeating false information, as he did in the debate on Thursday. Burgum was also asked about a previous interview in which he said he never lies.
NBC News’ Kristen Welker pressed Burgum further on the issue, citing some false statements Trump made during the debate.
“Just to name a few, he said Democrats want to kill children after birth. This is not true. He again lied about widespread fraud, not true. He lied about his comments after Charlottesville,” she said.
“Should he be honest with the American people if he wants to lead this country, especially considering what you just said, that you never lie? That’s your standard, governor,” Welker pressed before Burgum went on to criticize the Democrats’ stance on abortion.
CNN, which hosted Thursday’s debate, made it clear from the start that moderators would not be responsible for live-checking candidates’ statements. Still, the more than 30 false allegations Trump did during the debate sparked criticism among experts and the public.
CNN reported that most of the false claims had, in fact, been included in previous campaign speeches or other public forums, but some were new, “such as his claims that the US currently has its largest budget deficit and the its biggest trade deficit with China. Both records actually occurred under Trump,” CNN reported.
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