ABC's Stephanopoulos clashes with GOP governor over support for Trump in heated interview

ABC News host George Stephanopoulos clashed with GOP New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu over his support for Donald Trump on Sunday in a heated debate over the Republican governor's past condemnation of the former president.

Sununu, who endorsed Haley in the GOP primary until she dropped out, said in March he would endorse Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, in the presidential election. Stephanopoulos asked if his support for Trump would continue if he's convicted in the hush money case.

"This trial is not going to have major political ramifications that a lot of people think it may have. When it comes to these issues, people see it more as reality TV at this point," Sununu replied. "He’ll try to victimize it, and that has worked for him. This has been going on for over a year, and his poll numbers never seem to go down because of the issue."

Stephanopoulos insisted he was asking Sununu about right and wrong, rather than politics, and asked multiple times if he would be "swayed" by a conviction.

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Sununu argued that the cases against Trump were not going to sway the American public and said it shouldn't be surprising that a Republican governor was endorsing the Republican nominee for president.

"Wait a second. Your words were very, very clear on January 11, 2021. You said his rhetoric and actions contributed to the insurrection. No other president in history has contributed to an insurrection. Please explain, given the fact you believe he contributed to an insurrection, how you can say we should have him back in the Oval Office?" Stephanopoulos asked.

The GOP governor also said it was less about Trump but more about