New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) has been extremely critical of Donald Trump in the past, but on Sunday he downplayed the former president's recent remarks that Christians "won’t have to vote anymore" if Republicans win this election.
That didn't sit well with former Tea Party Republican congressman Joe Walsh, a Trump critic who recently said that the ex-president issued a "direct attack on democracy."
Speaking on ABC, Sununu was asked about Trump's recent comments, in which Trump said, “Get out and vote just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years it will be fixed. It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”
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“I think it was a classic Trumpism if you will,” Sununu said Sunday. "Obviously we want everybody to vote in all elections, but I think he was just trying to make a hyperbolic point that it can be fixed as long as he gets back into office and all that."
Walsh took to social media to slam the Republican governor.
"As a Republican, I refused to sell my soul to Trump. Which is why I’m now a 'former' Republican," he said. "And to be honest, it’s not always easy being politically homeless."
He continued: "In fact, sometimes it sucks. But then along comes Chris Sununu, a Republican who did sell his soul to Trump, and I hear how damn pathetic he sounds, and I instantly no longer feel so bad."
Others joined in, as well.
Sara Spector, a political and legal pundit, said, "Dear Chris Sununu: You say that Trump needs to stick to the issues rather than racist personal attacks on Kamala Harris. When in reality the real appeal of MAGA is white male Christian supremacy. Your base actually feeds on racism. Just read Project 2025."
