'Biden flat out lied': Trump V.P. contender says Biden committed election interference'Biden flat out lied': Trump V.P. contender saysBiden committed election interference
'Bidenflat out lied': Trump V.P. contender says Biden committed election interference(msn.com)
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), whoremains on the vicepresidential shortlist to join Donald Trump's 2024 presidential ticket, floated the prospect that President Joe Biden may have committed election interference in 2020.
Voters he's meeting in swing states want Biden to answer a few keyquestions when the 45th and 46th presidents face off June 27 in Atlanta, Burgamsaid.
"Those voters want to hear CNN ask President Biden about theborder, the open border, they want to ask him about inflation — that's hurtingtheir lives every day," he said during an appearance on Fox News whilespeaking with host and former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany."Andmost importantly, they want to hear CNN ask him about why he lied to theAmerican people in the debate four years ago."
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Burgam was pointing to Biden responding to what he apparently understoodat the time when a story was snowballing about his son, Hunter Biden, involvinga personal laptop with unflatteringimages of him and details of his eyebrow-raising business dealings.
In the October 2020 debate, Biden leaned on a letter executed by severalformer defense and intelligence officials stating it was orchestrated by Russiadisinformation.
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The laptop's material had been dropped off at a Delawarecomputer shop in April 2019 and never picked up.
Its hard drive was initially brought to bear by Trump's then-personalattorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
“There are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’saccusing me of is a Russian plant,” Biden saidduring that debate.
The same body of former officials also stressed that they lackedspecific evidence of Russian involvement, writing they were “deeplysuspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.”
For Burgam, the time has come for Biden to explain his answer that heran on four years ago.
"I think they have to [ask him the question]," he said."If they don't, toss the whole debate out the window and say that, 'Itwasn't at all moderated in a way both the candidates being asked toughquestions.'"
He continued to say that the question about Hunter's laptop should bethe first question asked to Biden.
"This has to be the first question because it goes back to thematchup from four years ago when Biden flat out lied to the American peoplewhich is why it's crazy they are trying to lower exceptions," he said."Joe Biden was so good at lying to the American public that they ended upwith social media companies and others squashing any story.
"That is election interference by Joe Biden in 2020."
McEnany concurred, saying, "Without a doubt."
Biden wasfoundguilty earlier this month on two counts of lying on a federal gun application in2018 to secure a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver license about not being hooked oncrack.
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