Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) saddled up for one more struggle towards CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday’s State of the Union. Two years in the past, Bash pushed Noem round, insisting she help an abortion for a raped 10-year-old woman in Chicago. Noem stored attacking the rapist.
On Sunday, the fight resumed over the Trump trial in Manhattan. Bash stored urgent Noem about how she couldn’t probably help Trump if he was convicted, and pulled out the same old “No Proof” fussing when Noem attacked the Bidens.
BASH: Prosecutors allege Donald Trump falsified enterprise information to cover hush cash funds weeks earlier than the 2016 election. As I discussed, he violated each state, tax and federal marketing campaign finance legal guidelines. So, are you saying that, even when that is true, he should not have been charged and that he is above the legislation?
NOEM: What I am saying is that these prosecutors are utilizing somebody as — whose testimony has been confirmed to be a liar. Michael Cohen has lied earlier than Congress a number of instances. That is their most important witness. I might say that he definitely isn’t somebody who will be trusted to do the best factor throughout this jury trial. They’re additionally utilizing a girl’s testimony [Stormy Daniels] who signed a letter saying that this affair didn’t occur, that she has testified up to now that this by no means occurred.
And so now they are going ahead with a case constructed on that and saying that, as a result of Donald Trump paid his authorized payments, that now he will be prosecuted for one thing that even the person who alleged it occurred is saying didn’t occur.
Noem added: “Once I’m strolling round this state and speaking to folks, speaking to folks throughout the nation, they do not even know which trial that is. They’re like, I do not bear in mind which one this is not about. Is that this the one they’re coming after him for this or this?”
The place Bash actually bought agitated and would not let Noem end a sentence is when the governor stated “the Democrats and the activists are utilizing this trial to derail him, to maintain him in court docket, as an alternative of out speaking to Individuals about what their actual considerations are.” She then interpreted that extra narrowly as if solely Biden was making an attempt to derail Trump, when all of the Democrats are, together with your complete workers of CNN.
NOEM: And their actual considerations are their on a regular basis lives. They want a pacesetter within the White Home who will get up day by day and places them first and would not increase their taxes, would not overregulate them, take away their freedoms and provides all our cash to different international locations, as an alternative of constructing certain that we’re caring for America first and retaining us protected and safe.
BASH: I simply wish to say for the file there’s completely no proof that President Biden is concerned on this. That is the case that’s being introduced within the state of New York by the Manhattan DA.
NOEM: And that is what I feel is exceptional, is that, if you happen to take a look at President Biden and what he is performed and what his son has performed, and the truth that…
BASH: That has nothing…
NOEM: … they don’t seem to be being prosecuted for a few of their crimes…
BASH: That — OK, that has — that has nothing to do with this.
NOEM: … that they’ve dedicated, it is actually form of unprecedented.
BASH: That has nothing to do with this.
Bash completed with this: “However form of huge image, Governor, if Donald Trump is convicted on this trial, will you continue to help him in November?”
PS: After Noem, Bash questioned Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-In poor health.) and he or she was nonetheless on a “no proof” kick as she sometimes pressed the Democrat from the left, that Biden was too weak in attacking Trump:
We, after all, have seen the break up display that we’ll proceed to see, President Biden campaigning, former President Trump in court docket. Biden is intentionally avoiding speaking about Trump’s authorized points on the path as a result of he would not wish to play into the claims that he is orchestrating the political prosecution, which I assume I ought to say once more that there is no proof of. However simply as a political strategic matter, do you assume ignoring it’s a mistake, or ought to Biden be reminding voters at each flip that the Republican nominee is at the moment on — concerned in a legal trial?