ABC “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz pressed North Dakota Gov. and former Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum over his endorsement of former President Trump in the wake of his false election claims and mockery of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s name.

Asked in a Sunday interview how he could support “someone who falsely claims that the election was stolen over and over and over again,” Burgum said, “As you and I would both agree, free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy and in states like North Dakota, we’ve got 100 percent confidence in that happening.”

“But whether it’s 1960, the year 2000, 2016, there was concern raised by the Hillary Clinton campaign. In 2020.. This is something, as a country, that we’ve got to work hard to face..and I think we’re slowly —” Burgum continued.

Raddatz interjected, pointing out Burgum had said the election wasn’t stolen, yet was supporting a candidate who repeatedly asserted it was.

“Well, I – I know that we’ve got – certainly we’ve got irregularities. When we went through COVID, and we had these mail-out ballots, that creates all kinds of opportunities for mischief,” Burgum responded. “When you’re bailing out more ballots to a – in a state than there are registered voters, you know, I think we have… that’s a problem.

Raddatz shot back and asked, “Do you think the election was stolen now? Now when you look back.”

Burgum said he was “not saying that,” but rather the country needs to “look...

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