Chris Sununu, the GOP governor of New Hampshire, was involved in a heated exchange with ABC interviewer George Stephanopoulos. This was after the interviewer asked him some pressing questions about his support for Trump.

Chris Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire has publicly declared his support for former President Donald Trump. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked him some pressing questions regarding this new support after he had criticized his many court trials in the past. To this, Sununu said, “This trial is not going to have major political ramifications that a lot of people think it may have.”

Sununu’s new stance is a bold political play for many reasons. First, he was supporting Nikki Haley who ran against Trump in the primaries. However, since she lost, he started to support the former president. This was surprising but the Granite State governor explained that his support was part of a larger effort to see a republican administration.

When the interviewer challenged him by asking if a conviction in the hush money trial will change his support for Trump, he deflected from the topic. Instead, he likened Trump’s legal battles to a reality TV drama. He explained that the former president playing the victim was working in his favor and keeping people focused on the spectacle and not the charges.

Stephanopoulos was relentless in his quest to get a good answer from the governor. Therefore, he shifted the conversation from a political standpoint to a moral one. He continued to press on, asking if Sununu will withdraw his support if Trump gets convicted. However, Sununu did not change his stance, saying he was looking at the bigger picture.

Stephanopoulos also asked Sununu about some of his past statements about Trump. “You said his rhetoric and actions contributed to the insurrection,” he said to the governor. Therefore, he pressed Sununu to justify his past condemnations of the former president and his recent support of him. This put Sununu on the defensive immediately.

Again, Sununu insisted that his endorsement of Trump was purely political. He argued that he was supporting a republican administration and not Trump himself. Still, Stephanopoulos countered, saying that there was a huge contradiction in supporting someone that Sununu himself had mentioned to be responsible for national unrest.

Sununu also justified his support using the percentage of Americans who supported Trump. He said, “I understand it doesn’t make sense to you, George, but look at the polls. What you are telling me is you don’t understand why 51% of this country is supporting Donald Trump. They’re not crazy. They’re not MAGA conservatives. They’re not extremists. They want culture change.”

Sununu also emphasized his previous line of defense. He said that his support for Trump stemmed from addressing serious pressing issues such as inflation and border security. Therefore, he claims his stance is a battle against the current administration’s failures rather than a personal endorsement of Trump.

Sununu also accused the interviewer of not stepping out of his media bubble and missing the wider picture. “I mean, really, I understand you’re part of the media. I understand you’re in this New York City bubble or whatever it is,” he said. He also claimed that Stephanopoulos was disconnected from the average American’s concerns.

The New Hampshire governor urged the interviewer to look at the bigger picture and understand his point of view. He claims that his support for Trump is part of a larger Republican strategy to shift the political landscape. He suggested that it wasn’t about who sits in the presidential seat but the party that was going to rule after the elections.

Nearing the end of the interview, Sununu made a shocking statement. Stephanopoulos asked, “So, just to sum up, you would support him for president even if he was convicted in the Manhattan case?” To this, the governor confirmed, saying he was aligning with what he claimed were the majority of Americans in the country.

He said his backing of Trump was not just support for one man but for an entire administration. He believes this administration would bring about a broader cultural and political change that many Americans want to see. Again, he mentioned his unwavering support to this broader goal at the end of the interview.