New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Sunday stated the potential imminent arrest of former President Trump in an investigation into alleged hush-money funds through the 2016 presidential election is constructing sympathy for the previous president.
“I believe it’s constructing quite a lot of sympathy for the previous president,” Sununu stated of the potential arrest on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The governor stated some Republicans he’d talked to who aren’t “large Trump supporters” expressed concern that the previous president “was being attacked.”
“I simply assume that not simply the media, however actually, quite a lot of the Democrats have misplayed this when it comes to constructing sympathy for the previous president and it does drastically change the paradigm as we go into the ‘24 election,” Sununu stated.
Trump, who’s once more operating for president in 2024, stated in a Truth Social post on Saturday that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday over alleged hush-money funds made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels through the 2016 presidential election, and inspired his supporters to protest.
Sununu on Sunday confused that this potential arrest isn’t related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol, and advised that there are different issues that ought to take priority.
“There’s a query about why they’re doing it, one thing seven years in the past. It’s not a nothing, nevertheless it’s shifting cash and the way he claimed cash being moved between him and his lawyer. You understand, there are different points that basically take priority when it comes to the place this nation must go, what we have to do to get stuff performed, how we handle our funds, how we safe the border,” Sununu stated.
“There’s far more urgent problems with the day. It’s simply unlucky this has taken the headlines.”
Sununu has stated he’s mulling over his personal presidential bid for 2024, and although he didn’t affirm his marketing campaign on Sunday, he stated he’d “like to be in a debate if we really go down that path.”
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