ABC’s David Muir Interrupts Chris Christie, Who Compares 2020 Claims to 2000 Election: ‘There Isn’t a Real Equivalency’

ABC News anchor David Muir interrupted ABC News contributor and former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) on Tuesday for comparing the presidential election in 2000 to the one in 2020.

“You’re well aware there are Republicans in this country right now running campaigns right now based on what they said was a faulty election and that President [Joe] Biden is not the legitimate president,” said Muir following Tuesday’s hearing by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. “That he’s the acting president.”

Christie replied that election denialism didn’t happen in a vacuum.

“This goes all the way back to 2000 with George W. Bush when you had supporters of Al Gore who, even after Vice President Gore conceded the election certified it himself as the president of the Senate, refused to accept George W. Bush as legitimate,” he said. “You’ve had Hillary Clinton say that she still doesn’t accept the 2016 election results as legitimate. This is a very dangerous thing in our country which was brought to a new level in 2020 by Donald Trump and his campaign.”

Muir interjected and said he had to “interrupt” because “Al Gore stood before the nation and actually conceded and did something very different from what we’ve witnessed.”

Christie replied that he acknowledged that Gore conceded and despite that there were House members who still voted against certifying Bush’s win.

“What I’m saying is this is a disturbing trend and pattern that’s been increasing in intensity from 2000 to 2016 to 2020,” he said.

Muir replied, “I “just don’t want our audience thinking there is a real equivalency here when you have a former president who is sowing seeds of doubt in this particular election.”

Watch above, via ABC News.