{"id":2257985,"date":"2024-06-02T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-says-support-for-trump-despite-conviction-shows-how-bad-biden-is\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T19:03:18","slug":"sununu-says-support-for-trump-despite-conviction-shows-how-bad-biden-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-says-support-for-trump-despite-conviction-shows-how-bad-biden-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Sununu&#8217;s backing of Trump post-conviction highlights Biden&#8217;s inadequacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsununu-says-support-for-trump-despite-conviction-shows-how-bad-biden-is%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257985&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) highlighted how Donald Trump&#8217;s support despite a\u200c felony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">conviction<\/a> \u2062reflects\u200d poorly on \u2063President Joe Biden. Sununu expressed concerns about the GOP&#8217;s choice of nominee but emphasized the \u200cdemand \u2064for change. He stated that the conviction doesn&#8217;t\u2062 align with his \u200dpreferences but\u2063 indicated that Trump&#8217;s popularity may indicate Biden&#8217;s\u2062 potential\u200c defeat. Governor Chris Sununu, a \u2062Republican from New \u200dHampshire, pointed out that Donald Trump&#8217;s backing despite a criminal conviction casts a shadow\u200c on President \u2062Joe Biden.\u2063 Sununu voiced\u2064 worries about the GOP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-dark-money-group-employee-leading-bidens-supreme-court-process\/\" title=\"Former Dark Money Group Employee Leading Biden\u2019s Supreme Court Process\u00a0\">nominee selection<\/a> but stressed the call for transformation. Although unhappy with the conviction, he hinted at Trump&#8217;s influence hinting \u2063at Biden&#8217;s vulnerability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-sununu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chris Sununu <\/a>(R-NH) asserted that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s popularity in polling despite having a felony conviction shows how \u201cbad\u201d President Joe Biden is.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sununu also admitted that the conviction is less than ideal for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP<\/a> presidential nominee during an interview on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want my nominee to be convicted of anything, of course,\u201d Sununu said. \u201cI think we had a lot a lot of better choices \u2026 but he is going to be the nominee of the party. People in America want change. They do. This is how bad Joe Biden is \u2014 the fact that regardless of what happens at the courthouse, it looks like Joe Biden is going to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3025522\/voters-split-trump-conviction-half-believing-charges-politically-motivated-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> conducted by ABC News following Trump\u2019s conviction on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trumps-arraignment-bars-video-cameras-from-courtroom\/\" title=\"Judge Presiding Over Trump\u2019s Arraignment Bars Video Cameras From Courtroom\">34 felony counts<\/a> last week revealed that the number of people who believe he should drop out of the race was virtually unchanged compared to back in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe polls this morning still have him up 2 points,\u201d Sununu said.<\/p>\n<p>Sununu had endorsed former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nikki-Haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley<\/a> over Trump before Haley dropped out of the race in the spring.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Despite Trump\u2019s legal troubles, his supporters have remained behind him, in part, because President Joe Biden has failed to boost the economy, secure the border, and address crime, according to Sununu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t deliver results. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Inflation<\/a> is real. The border is real, you know. Public safety and the lack thereof in especially in a lot of these major cities, is real,\u201d said Sununu.<\/p>\n<p>With five months until Election Day in November, Sununu expects Trump\u2019s legal problems to fade into the background as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-rep-lee-zeldin-shows-lead-over-democrat-gov-kathy-hochul\/\" title=\"Poll: Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin Shows Lead over Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul\">party conventions<\/a> and debates take center stage between now and then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have two more debates. We have the conventions. We have a long way to go to November,\u201d Sununu said. \u201cThis is going to be well into the rearview mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump is the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a><\/a> in national history to be convicted of a felony.<\/p>\n<p>He was found guilty on all 34 counts related to business fraud for how he falsified records in connection to paying off porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) pointed out Trump&#8217;s enduring support in polls post-conviction as a reflection of President Biden&#8217;s shortcomings. While acknowledging the conviction&#8217;s impact on a GOP candidate, Sununu highlighted the challenge during a CNN interview on State of the Union. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2257986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23347019155705.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2257985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23347019155705.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}