Fox News host Arthel Neville grilled Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) about former President Donald Trump's "lies" at last week's debate with President Joe Biden.
"Now, Biden is widely criticized for his debate performance," Neville told Hoeven on Sunday. "Trump is widely criticized for lying in the debate."
"Well, first of all, I think President Trump was right on the issues," Hoeven insisted. "He had command of the issues and he went through that in great detail and very well."
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"I would not want to be a down-ballot candidate that has to try to defend [Biden's] policies," he said.
Neville pointed out that the Republican senator had sidestepped Trump's false statements.
"We were talking about the debate performance and of — and Trump's lies during the debate," Neville remarked. "You seem to not have a problem with that."
Hoeven tried to argue, but the Fox News host shut him down.
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"We don't have time for that, Senator," Neville said. "You know that it's already been recorded. That would be a separate segment. And I don't want to get into with you, but it has been recorded fairly."
"So I just want to know if you think, based on that, if Trump gained independent and undecided voters post-debate?" she asked.
"If there's some issue or some specific part of the debate you want to go through, I'm happy to do that," Hoeven replied. "But specifically as to voters, yes, I think when they saw that debate, they recognized they need somebody that can be on the world stage and command, respect and can deal with other world leaders."
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