The kid is out of the picture .

Quit interviewing him.

So flip.

Mike

Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu gave his thoughts on the GOP presidential primary and former President Trump’s campaign Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

KARL: You see momentum with Nikki Haley? I mean she seemed to get a boost after that first debate. SUNUNU: Yes. Oh, without a doubt. I think – look, I think Nikki Haley did very well. I think Vivek did what he needed to do. Everyone was talking about him the next day. I think Mike Pence looked incredibly strong. I think Ron DeSantis did very well. I think he looked in the camera and looked presidential. He wasn’t being attacked, so he just was hitting the questions head on. I think there’s a lot of candidates there that have a lot of opportunity.

Doug Burgum, great governor of North Dakota. He’s spending a lot of money. He got in the race a little late, but, boy, he’s spending money. He’s hitting the ground. And he talks the right issues.

So, I think there’s still a lot of time and a lot of opportunities still to engage with the candidates.

KARL: You didn’t mention Chris Christie. Chris Christie?

SUNUNU: Yes, Chris is doing a great job. Look, God bless Chris, man, he – he kind of goes nuclear on the president and he’s got his own style. His poll numbers are surging through the roof, especially here in New Hampshire, where he’s putting – he’s putting time on the ground. He connects with folks. Again, he’s a governor, right? I tend to be pretty impartial to governors. Because what the White House needs more than ever is true, executive leadership. Someone who kind of says, the buck stops here.

The biggest problem that a lot of us Republican governors – going back to your first question – has with the former president was Fauci, right? Fauci. Every day we were on those calls and every day Fauci was there. And a lot of us kept saying, Mr. President, when are you getting rid of Fauci? He never did. He just kept putting Fauci out there as the voice of American on this stuff. And he’s got to be held accountable to that, frankly. So, a lot of folks in the base will – aren’t forgetting those types of things.

KARL: We’re just about out of time, but – but you stand by what you told me in July when you said, quote, the Republican nominee is not going to be Donald Trump? You’re still confident of that?

SUNUNU: Nor will the Democrat nominee be Joe Biden.

KARL: Wow. OK. Double whammy!

— Read on www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/09/10/sununu_trump_has_to_be_held_accountable_for_making_fauci_the_voice_of_america_during_covid.html