It’s been a tradition for over half a century for the presidential candidates sit down for an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes in October just weeks before the election. But this election, The Felon Guy backed out for several, shifting reasons but mainly because he did not want to get fact checked. The Felon Guy believes that he should be able to lie and gaslight the American people and voters and that no one should call him out for his lies. That may work for the MAGAts amongst us but not for anyone who wants the truth and for him to actually tell the truth for once in his orange, miserable life.
According to CBS, this is The Felon’s Guy reason for why he chickened out:
The Trump campaign had said that the interview would be this past Thursday at Mar-A-Lago, Trump's Florida home. It also asked whether 60 Minutes would meet 78-year-old Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the Republican candidate for president was grazed by a bullet in an assassination attempt. 60 Minutes agreed. On Sept. 9, Trump communications director Steven Cheung sent a text that read: "I'm working with our advance team to see logistically if Butler would work in addition to the sit down."
Days later, Cheung called to say "the president said yes."
Then the campaign backed out. They offered numerous reason but mainly, the Pathological Liar did not want to be fact checked. 60 Minutes told the campaign they fact check all stories.
Later, Trump said he needed an apology for his interview in 2020. Trump claims correspondent Lesley Stahl said, in that interview, that Hunter Biden's controversial laptop came from Russia. She never said that.
"Where's my apology? They should apologize," Trump said on Tuesday night at a Milwaukee press conference. "They were wrong on everything. So I'd like to get an apology. So I've asked them for an apology."
Trump has said Harris doesn’t do interviews because she can’t handle them. He has declined to participate in a second debate with Harris. So the Monday night election special may have been the last opportunity between now and Election Day for a national audience to hear from both candidates on a range of issues, including the economy, immigration, reproductive rights and the wars in the Middle East and Europe. Both campaigns understood this special would go ahead if either candidate backed out. Harris, who participated in an interview with 60 Minutes, addressed the issue.
