Mainstream media gushed over “vocal Trump critic” NH Gov. Chris Sununu, who has now endorsed Trump – By John Knefel (Media Matters) / April 16, 2024
Sununu has long pledged he’d support the eventual GOP nominee, a fact that mainstream outlets downplayed or ignored entirely
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who for over a year has enjoyed breathless positive coverage of his opposition to former President Donald Trump, on Sunday reiterated his pledge to support the Republican presidential nominee: former President Donald Trump.
Sununu’s announcement came during an interview on ABC’s This Week, as anchor George Stephanopoulos asked the governor if he would support Trump in light of the former president’s election denial, cascading legal troubles, and Sununu’s own reported belief that the former president “contributed to an insurrection.” Sununu responded that he did back Trump, tripling down on promises he’d made on CNN in February 2023 and January of this year to “support the Republican nominee.”
Despite Sununu’s repeated pledges to eventually back the party’s candidate, his capitulation to Trump is nevertheless an embarrassment not only for him, but for the outlets that framed him as an independent or moderate voice in the Republican Party. Two large profiles — one from The New York Times and another from The Washington Post — capture the overall tenor of mainstream coverage of Sununu.
