North Dakota Gov. Burgum: Presidential debate is an opportunity for CNN to 'ask some tough questions'

Potential vice presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum suggested CNN could live up to the slogan "the most trusted name in news" by asking tough questions at the debate.

Burgum discussed CNN hosting the upcoming presidential debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump while appearing on the network’s "State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash" Sunday morning.

"I think this is a real opportunity for CNN, ‘most trusted name in news,’ to ask some tough questions, including the one…because this is a rematch. We had this debate just before the election four years ago, Joe Biden looked into the camera and said that Hunter Biden‘s laptop was a smear campaign, Russian disinformation, called it garbage. And now we know that none of that is true," Burgum said.

He added, "And I think there‘s an opportunity that America is waiting, I mean, CNN has got an opportunity to ask tough questions of both these candidates."

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Burgum claimed there has been "a real effort on the Biden team to try to lower expectations" ahead of the debate. By contrast, he suggested Trump make efforts not to underestimate the president.

"The guy’s run for office more than a dozen times, he’s run for president four times, he’s been campaigning since President Nixon was in office," Burgum said. "This guy has got the ability. We’ve seen it. We’ve seen him in debates four years ago. We’ve seen him in the State of the Union this year, that when he needs to, he can step up."

Burgum has been rumored to be a top contender for Trump’s vice president in recent months. Though he’s said he "had a lot of discussions" with the