Trump walks out of interview with NBC
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President Trump walked out of an interview with NBC News in Wisconsin after he was challenged on his claims of election fraud and struggled to provide evidence for those claims. …
President Trump walked out of an interview with NBC News in Wisconsin after he was challenged on his claims of election fraud and struggled to provide evidence for those claims. In an interview with NBC News' Kristen Welker that was taped Friday and aired Sunday, Welker pressed the president for evidence on his claims of election fraud in the 2020 election and claims that election fraud is currently happening in the California primaries . California, which allows for last-minute mail-in ballots, is taking days to finish counting ballots in close primary contests. California's gubernatorial primary and Los Angeles mayoral race are still undecided nearly a week later. State officials say it's common to take days and even weeks to count the millions of mail-in ballots due to California laws and processes. The president, however, claimed it's taking California days to count the ballots "because they're cheating on the election," and Welker asked, "Do you have evidence to support that?" The president retorted, "All I have to do is look," without citing support for his claims, aside from the length of time. "But that's not evidence," Welker responded. After the president accused Welker of being "crooked or stupid," he insisted that there's "more evidence than ever presented" that the 2020 election was rigged. …
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