New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) faced criticism on social media after George Stephanopoulos confronted the former Nikki Haley-backer over newfound support of former President Donald Trump.

During a Sunday interview on ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos asked Sununu how he could support Trump as the Republican nominee despite the governor previously saying he believed Trump “contributed to an insurrection.” During the GOP primary, Sununu demanded the party move past Trump and support Nikki Haley.

Sununu also said he now does not believe Trump should drop out of the general election race if he is convicted in the classified documents case — which is also a reversal from a prior stance.

“Drop out after being the nominee?” Sununu told Stephanopoulos. “Of course not. You know that. That’s that’s not to be expected at all. All of these cases, by the way, the average American, it’s all conflated, right? We watch the stuff, we watch the details. The average American sees it more as reality TV.”

Critics on social media bashed Sununu over the viral interview — in which he seemed to pull a full 180 from his previous positions about Trump.

When you have no core convictions or values and all you want is power… you will flip flop, waffle, and accept anything including a bigoted, lying, divisive, multi-indicted insurrectionist! https://t.co/o4iawhUUeX

— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) April 14, 2024

Chris Sununu’s smug arrogance is one of the more annoying things in American politics today https://t.co/jZDB2SIHVo

— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) (@AdamKinzinger) April 14, 2024

Sununu doesn’t **need** to endorse Trump, Mike pence and Nikki Haley have NOT. Sununu is making some kind of craven calculus. https://t.co/oagypo897a

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 14, 2024

George Stephanopoulos brought receipts and humiliated Republican Chris Sununu:
pic.twitter.com/pyEkJFvnuP

— Luke Beasley (@lukepbeasley) April 14, 2024

“Me and 51 percent of America,” Sununu says, which mendaciously overstates America’s support for Trump https://t.co/xkENXws85N

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 14, 2024

Wow @ChrisSununu. Then what the hell did you endorse and support @NikkiHaley for? Her 5-inch heels?
And no, 51% of Americans do not support insurrection or want a convicted felon for president. But you do. Just say that. Saying bullsh*t with a smile doesn’t make it less… https://t.co/VSouXQaenV

— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) April 14, 2024

This is fucking insanity. What the hell is wrong with people?

How did we get to a point where nothing – not even attempting to overthrow our government – disqualifies someone for office? https://t.co/KkAsSVtZ5x

— Rob “Stats” Guerrera (@statsonfire on threads) (@StatsOnFire) April 14, 2024

Humiliating interview for @ChrisSununu https://t.co/u9xeMb04gh

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 14, 2024

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