Former President Donald Trump continued his push Monday to convince 60 Minutes to release an unedited transcript of its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump, on Monday, took to his Truth Social Media platform to demand, yet again, that CBS release the entire transcript of Harris’ sit down with the nation’s longest running news magazine.
“When will CBS release their Transcript of the fraudulent Interview with Comrade Kamala Harris? They changed her answer in order to make Kamala look intelligent, rather than ‘dumb as a rock.’ This may be the Biggest Scandal in Broadcast History! CBS MUST GET THE TRANSCRIPT OUT NOW — Litigation has already started,” the 45th President of the United States wrote, capitalization his.
Trump’s demands for a transcript come after Harris sat for an interview that Trump declined, and after the network took the rare step this weekend of pushing back on his assertions, calling them “false.”
“60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interview to Face the Nation that used a longer section of her answer than that on 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response,” they explained.
When editing does occur, the network said they “strive to be clear, accurate and on point.”
“The portion of her answer on 60 Minutes was more succinct, which allows time for other subjects in a wide ranging 21-minute-long segment,” they wrote.
Trump was not convinced, declaring that “Harris wasn’t able to put two sentences together, so they completely removed her answer, and put in another one.”
“The Public has a right to know what was changed to save this TOTALLY UNFIT Presidential Candidate from our Country’s Voters. SHE IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!” he wrote, capitalization again his.
CBS also noted that Trump still has a standing invitation to appear on the show if he so chooses.
“Remember, Mr. Trump pulled out of his interview with 60 Minutes and the vice president participated,” they wrote.
