A prominent voice in the Republican Party, outgoing New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), was put on the spot Tuesday when CNN's John Berman straight-out asked him, "How do you feel about facts?"
"I want to ask you a Meta question, no pun intended here," Berman said on CNN New Central. "How do you feel about facts?"
Sununu was taken aback, answering, "How do I? I'm pro facts!" he exclaimed. "I mean, yeah, look, I'm an engineer. I'm a numbers guy."
Sununu became what The New York Times called a "loyal foot soldier" for Donald Trump — who has been known for bending the truth — after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) dropped out of the primary last year.
Berman continued, "So, some things are objectively true. Other things are objectively not true."
"Last time I checked, yes," Sununu quipped.
"Okay, so the reason I'm asking is because Meta, the parent company to Facebook, announced this morning that it's getting rid of its fact checkers."
"Great! Good! Nobody believes them! In their in their own words, there was severe political bias there. If there was a conservative group that had fact checkers, I'd say there's political bias. If there's a liberal group, if there's social media groups, if there's — there's always going to be a bias in what you do. I think in the social media world, the political bias got very, very heavy. They acknowledge it. They're going to make a change," Sununu said.
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"Can you get better fact checkers then, rather than getting rid of them altogether?" Berman pressed.
"How about not worry about fact checking? How about —
"Well, you just told me that there are things that are objectively true and objectively not true!"
"There are. But is that the role, is social media's role, to prove to you what is true and what is not, or is its role to be an open platform for discussion, debate, opinion?" Sununu asked. "You know, whether folks believe something or not believe something? I would say that's really where social — communication — that's the more of the role of social media, not to be the police of what's true."
After serving four terms as New Hampshire's governor, Sununu is set to leave office by the end of the week. He claimed he's done with government and planned to work in the public sector.
