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President Donald Trump abruptly ended a tense “Meet the Press” interview with host Kristen Welker in Wisconsin Sunday after she repeatedly challenged his claims about election fraud, California’s vote rely and his proposed “anti-weaponization” fund.
Trump cut off the interview after accusing NBC, ABC, CBS and NCS of being “crooked” throughout a remaining change over his claims about U.S. elections.
“You’re a one-sided crooked network,” Trump advised Welker. “Sorry. Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.”
President Donald Trump abruptly ends interview with Kristen Welker.
The change escalated throughout the remaining block, when Welker pressed Trump on a proposed $1.8 billion fund supposed to compensate individuals who mentioned they have been focused by the former President Joe Biden administration’s alleged “weaponization” of presidency.
Welker requested Trump whether or not he was transferring away from the fund after appearing Attorney General Todd Blanche mentioned the administration wouldn’t transfer ahead with it.
“Just to be very clear, are you backing off the fund completely as your acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, has said, or are you looking for another avenue to revive the fund?” Welker requested.
Trump defended the proposal and mentioned folks had been harmed by officers in the Biden administration.
NBC’s Kristen Welker repeatedly pressed Trump for proof as he claimed the 2020 election was “rigged” and accused California officers of wrongdoing. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg)
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“People have been harm so badly by radical left lunatics that labored for the Biden administration and Sleepy Joe,” Trump mentioned. “They’re vicious. They’re violent, what they did to people. And, of course, they went after me more than anybody else.”
Welker pressed Trump on whether or not he nonetheless wished to revive the proposal.
“So are you looking for a way to revive it?” Welker requested.
Trump mentioned he personally supported the thought however acknowledged it will want approval.
“If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve,” Trump mentioned. “So me, personally, I think the weaponization fund is a great idea, and so do many other Republicans. You have to get it approved.”
Trump defended his proposed “anti-weaponization” fund throughout a tense interview change, saying folks had been “badly hurt” by the Biden administration. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
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Trump later broadened his remarks, accusing the press and Biden officers of destroying folks’s lives.
“I love the idea, because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden, he’s not smart enough to know what’s going on, but people that surrounded him, surrounded his beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, what they did to the lives of people, they destroyed people,” Trump mentioned.
Welker pushed again on Trump’s claims, saying the President had no proof.
“Just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying,” Welker mentioned.
Trump rejected that.
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“There’s a lot of evidence,” Trump mentioned. “Listen to me. There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence.”
Trump then repeated his declare that the 2020 election was rigged and related it to California’s ongoing vote rely.
“The election was rigged,” Trump mentioned. “It was a dirty election. And it’s happening again right now in California.”
Trump pointed to the tempo of California’s vote count, which takes over a month to certify state elections.
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“All I have to do is look,” Trump mentioned. “They’re crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked.”
“Your elections are crooked, and you’re crooked, and ‘Meet the Press’ is crooked. And so is ABC and CBS and NCS,” Trump mentioned earlier than ending the interview.
Welker tried to maintain the interview going, noting that NBC had traveled to Wisconsin for the sit-down.
“Mr. President, let’s… please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin,” Welker mentioned.
Trump mentioned he had already given Welker sufficient time.
“I sat in the rain with you for an hour,” Trump mentioned. “On and off in the rain, and I’ve given you sufficient time. You must straighten out your press, as a result of you already know what? A rustic can by no means be nice with a dishonest press.”