New Hampshire Governor discusses Trump indictment and 2024 Republican nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - On Sunday's episode of Face the Nation, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu spoke with John Dickerson about former President Donald Trump's indictment.
"I guess we're gonna find out...If half of what they say they can prove is provable, then he's got a real problem on our hands...So this is very self-inflicted. I mean, I guess we'll find out of the 37 or whatever charges there are, how many he's potentially found guilty on. So we'll see where it goes and what's disqualifying and not," Sununu detailed.
During the interview, Sununu talked about how politicians are acknowledging the responsibility of showing that the indictment is not political; not just saying that it is not.
"I don't see this as being political, but again, the point I keep going back to is the average person may still think it's political and a lot of people clearly do. And so if you're gonna take unprecedented steps like this, as valid as they are, as valid as they are, then they have to, again, acknowledge the responsibility of showing all sides of it, showing how it's not political, not just saying, don't worry, it's not political. They've done that before. And it, it didn't work out so well. So they have the responsibility of showing how it isn't political to give that calm, to give that confidence in that trust in the system. So when this goes forward and if, and when he is found guilty, there's trust that it was done the right," Sununu expressed.
Finally, Sununu discussed the 2024 Republican nominees and what they need to do to surpass Trump.
"All the candidates are a little bit different, but I think you have three candidates in a similar position. All great people, great candidates, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence. These are all folks that were on the Trump team, right? And now they're kind of off the team and, and they're all running against him. So they each just have to make their cases. They know how to run a ground game. They know how to talk to folks with a sense of authenticity about what it is and what has changed between then and now. But each of those candidates are in, I think a similar position will have to make their case as to why. Um, they, they not just, or have earned the job, but what's gonna spark 'em. What's gonna spark about beyond five, six, 7% in the polls to get people excited this fall," Sununu spoke.
