Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) unravelled as CNN’s Manu Raju asked her about Donald Trump during an interview Friday, hitting out at the host for focusing on “the past” and trying to “trap” her with his questions.
Raju began asking about why President Donald Trump hadn’t endorsed her in her run for governor — a contest many Republicans are nervous about because they consider her “all but hopeless.”
“This is one of the biggest races in the country. We’re two months from the campaign,” Raju said, suggesting puzzlement at Trump’s silence before Sears interrupted.
“Oh, here we go! You want to talk about the past, and nobody wants to talk about the past,” Sears complained, as Raju tried to move the subject along. But Sears wasn’t having it and continued to talk over him.
“Do you want to talk about my opponent supporting Biden 100% of the time? Do you want to talk about the past, where she is part of the Clinton machine? Do you want to talk about the past, where the rogue nations of the world understood that Joe Biden was not altogether there, and they were with him and saw his action and saw he was delayed? Do you want to talk about where my opponent has said she was always in the room with Joe Biden, and so she knew that he was in cognitive decline and yet she did nothing?
Raju attempted to interrupt, saying, “Hold on, hold on. Let me just get in because we have actually tried to talk to [Democratic opponent] Abigail Spanberger —”
“You’re trying to trap me and that’s not why I’m here!” Sears exclaimed.
“No one’s trying to trap you!” Raju protested.
“Yes, you are! And I’m from a third-world country where I’ve seen this happen. I did not think that here in America we would be talking like this. The people want to talk about the issues.”
“And I want to ask about the issues right now!” Raju managed to say.