Wolf Blitzer Confronts Pro-Haley Governor on Pledge to Support Trump If He Wins Nomination: ‘Why Should Anyone Take Either of Your Criticisms Seriously?’

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer confronted Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu over his pledge to support former President Donald Trump as the nominee even if he’s a convicted felon.

During a Wednesday interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Sununu claimed he would support whoever was the Republican nominee for president in the 2024 general election, even if it was Trump as a hypothetical convicted felon. Trump faces 91 criminal charges in four different jurisdictions.

Sununu’s remarks come as a shocker due to his longtime criticism of the Republican frontrunner before and after he left the Oval Office. The New Hampshire governor currently backs former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as she aims to beat Trump in the GOP primary.

Blitzer confronted Sununu over his comments on supporting a possible convicted felon during a Thursday evening interview, pressing him on why anyone should take his and Haley’s criticisms of Trump “seriously”:

BLITZER: Governor, I know you’ve suggested that you will vote for Trump, even if he is a convicted felon. Nikki Haley has basically said that as well. She’s refused to rule out joining Trump’s ticket as a vice presidential nominee. Given that, why should anyone take either of your criticisms of Trump seriously?

SUNUNU: Well, look, the issue around the voting as a convicted felon. That’s a complete hypothetical, right? It’s a complete hypothetical. My point there is this, if you think that these court cases are going to come to some sort of firm resolution before the election, and that was the result of any of these are going to impact the vote. Everyone always says that, but it never does, right? The voters are not looking at those issues. They’re not looking at January 6th. That is not what the voters are galvanizing behind. They know Bideneconomics, whatever that is. And inflation, these things have crushed middle American families.

And that’s what these folks have to be talking about. So I get that it’s fodder and all that. But my point there is more. Don’t worry about long term hypotheticals that you think may or may not affect the race. You got to win the votes here if you want Trump out, if you want to defeat Trump, it happens in Iowa and New Hampshire. That’s really where it happens. And that’s why we don’t want anyone to kind of sit on the couch and just wait to see what happens in the court. I think that’s that’s more of the driver than anything else.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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