NPR is reporting that former President Trump abruptly ended an interview after being pressed on his repeated baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The network said it had tried to conduct an interview with Trump for six years, but the former president had declined until Tuesday evening. The interview was planned to last 15 minutes, it added. However, Trump reportedly ended it after nine minutes when he was pressed on his claims about the 2020 election and questioned about the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Trump quickly got off the phone after being questioned about whether his claims of election fraud inspired the Capitol attack, NPR said.
Throughout the interview, Trump reportedly pushed for his fellow Republicans to support his claims and views that the election in 2020 was rigged.
NPR said it asked Trump about a quote from his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, shortly after the election. “This is not a fraud case,” Giuliani told a judge at the time.
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Before abruptly ending the interview, Trump could not cite evidence of any widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the network reported.
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Trump abruptly ends NPR interview https://t.co/i0ikjrzD9s pic.twitter.com/BjnH5nAZ6d
— The Hill (@thehill) January 12, 2022
For about six years I've been asking Donald Trump for an interview. It never happened until the former president came on the line today. Tomorrow on @MorningEdition we'll hear what he said, up to the moment that he hung up on me. @NPR
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) January 11, 2022
“Today,” reports @DomenicoNPR, “Trump's political organization has become a juggernaut. Not only are most Republican elected leaders falling in line, but he has also installed allies controlling many levers of political power across the country.”
https://t.co/1ICE7ZzIKF— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) January 12, 2022
He just can’t stand the fact that most people outside his cult know the election wasn’t “stolen” and he has no proof that it was. Every person and entity that has investigated his claims have turned up no widespread fraud. He knows this, but when asked to provide proof of his claims, he dodges the questions or in this case he hangs up. He is desperate to keep the lies about the election going because they attract donors gullible enough to part with their last dime for him.
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