"Sunday President Donald Trump ended an NBC “Meet the Press” interview with host Kristen Welker saying calling the network “one-sided” and “crooked.”
The interview, which took place during Trump’s campaign stop in Wisconsin over the weekend, covered a number of topics before it concluded early. The two discussed issues such as the Iran conflict, costs of living and the president’s proposed “weaponization fund” aimed at compensating victims of Biden-era prosecutorial overreach.
Tensions rose during discussion over the latter topic after Trump laid
The conversation also turned tense on the topic of California’s ongoing elections, which are expected to take several weeks due to counting of mail-in voting. California’s weeks-long vote-counting process is among the longest in the industrialized world, with “vote drops” radically favoring one candidate or another the longer counting takes.
California’s process has been under the microscope primarily due to the Los Angeles mayoral race, as former reality TV star Spencer Pratt now appears poised to miss the runoff after seemingly clinching victory on Election Day. Pratt’s now evaporated lead was so wide that his opponent practically conceded before overwhelmingly winning several “vote drops.”
“The election was rigged. It was a dirty election. And it’s happening again right now in California,” Trump said in reference to the 2020 election and California’s current process. “It’s four days and they aren’t even close to coming up with the — do you know why they’re doing that? Because they’re cheating on the election.”
Welker responded that this did not constitute evidence, claiming that California’s mail-in voting system and counting procedures explain delays. Tensions rose as Welker continued to seek details, at which point Trump criticized the interview process for being overly hostile and biased.
TRUMP: You play right into their hands with this stuff. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they’re rigged. Do you know that I won an election in a landslide and I got 94% bad press.
WELKER: But Mr. President –
TRUMP: You know why I got that?
WELKER: – you’ve never presented –
TRUMP: Because you have no credibility.
WELKER: -evidence. But you’ve never presented evidence it was rigged. Let’s keep talking about, I want to talk about Todd Blanche.
TRUMP: You have more evidence, there’s more evidence than ever presented.
WELKER: Let’s talk about–
TRUMP: Your elections in this country –
WELKER: – you went to court.
TRUMP: We’re like a third-world country.
WELKER: But sir –
TRUMP: Your elections are crooked and you’re crooked, and “Meet the Press” is crooked.
WELKER: But Mr. President–
TRUMP: And so is ABC and CBS and CNN.
WELKER: But Mr. President–
TRUMP: You’re a one-sided crooked network. Sorry. Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.
WELKER: Mr. President, let’s – please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin.
TRUMP: I’ve sat in the rain with you–
WELKER: I traveled all – I know. I traveled all the way–
TRUMP: I sat in the rain with you for an hour.
WELKER: –to Wisconsin.
TRUMP: On and off in the rain, and I’ve given you enough time. You ought to straighten out your press, because you know what?
WELKER: Mr. President–
TRUMP: A country can never be great with a dishonest press.
WELKER: – we traveled all – listen. We traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview."
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