Local Journalist Presses Trump on His 'Never Coming Back' to Minnesota Comment: 'I Never Said...'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : However, as mentioned by Mediate, Trump was scheduled to address the state Republican party's Lincoln Day dinner in St. Paul on Friday evening.
50% : The interview was conducted by Tom Hauser of KSTP (the local ABC affiliate of New York), and Trump connected with the journalist via a remote video call from Trump Tower.
42% : "Well, I never said I'd never come back; I never even thought of that," said Trump.
30% : In addition, he blamed the judge and accused him of being 'very conflicted.' The interview reached a turning point when Hauser asked Trump to respond to his comments made at a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, last September.
29% : Trump did, after all, lose in the state by a margin of 7 percentage points.
27% : Hauser reminded Trump of his own words: "I think at one point you vowed never to come back to Minnesota after you lost the state in 2020.
26% : Trump, who is on trial in NYC for criminal charges that stem from his alleged hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels, also apparently gave this interview only 'minutes before' he left for the cross-examination of his former attorney, Michael Cohen.
26% : But the buck didn't stop there for Trump, who also took the opportunity to bash the 'witch hunt' yet again: "They've weaponized the DOJ.
24% : According to CBS News, Trump rejected the statement, saying that he was the one who had won Minnesota in the year 2020.
19% : As per Politico, Trump said, "Remember that idiot from CNN?
15% : In related news, Trump did not hold back when it came to blasting Biden and their impending debate at the GOP event in Minnesota.
12% : Video footage from the 2020 Duluth rally showed Trump making the claim, which Hauser pointed out even though he mentioned that Trump was only 'joking' when he made that statement.

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