Screenshot from YouTube video (speech bubble added)
USA Today, 11/12/2021
When Karl asks about the "Hang Mike Pence" chants specifically, Trump defended the rioters — and once again repeated his false claims about voting in the 2020 election.
"Well, the people were very angry," Trump says in the audio excerpt. "Because it's — it's common sense, Jon, it's common sense, that you're supposed to protect — How can you, if you know a vote is fraudulent, right — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?"
The interview — which Karl calls "genuinely shocking" — took place in March 2021, when Karl spoke to Trump for his upcoming book "Betrayal."
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