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Posted: 2020-11-09T13:19:04Z | Updated: 2020-11-12T13:32:33Z

George Stephanopoulos rebuffed GOP South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem s assertion Sunday that any conversation about her working with President-elect Joe Biden was premature because of illegal activities. (See the interview below.)

On This Week, the ABC host noted South Dakotas spiking coronavirus rate and asked Noem, a staunch Donald Trump acolyte, if shell collaborate with Biden to get COVID-19 under control.

Noem mostly shrugged off the question and thanked Trump for letting her do the right thing. She said the country has not finished counting votes and echoed Trumps unsubstantiated claims of Democratic fraud.

Stephanopoulos noted that Republican officials across the country, including GOP secretaries of state, told him there was zero evidence of widespread fraud.

Noem countered that people have signed legal documents ... stating that they saw illegal activities, and cited a New York Times report of clerical errors.

No widespread fraud, governor, Staphanopoulos interjected. Thats very different.

Pressed by @GStephanopoulos on whether she has any evidence to support Pres. Trumps election claims, GOP North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem does not provide any evidence, but also refuses to acknowledge that Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the presidency. https://t.co/RxWyF4Jwuf pic.twitter.com/VMNUeml0On

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Pressed by @GStephanopoulos on whether she has any evidence to support Pres. Trumps election claims, GOP North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem does not provide any evidence, but also refuses to acknowledge that Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the presidency. https://t.co/RxWyF4Jwuf pic.twitter.com/VMNUeml0On

This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 8, 2020

(The This Week tweet with the interview clip misidentifies Noems state.)

Noem also referenced the 2000 election in which Republican George W. Bush was eventually declared the winner over Democrat Al Gore after legal challenges in Florida.

We gave Al Gore 37 days to run the process before we decided who was going to be president, Noem said. Why would we not afford the 70.6 million Americans that voted for President Trump the same consideration?

Stephanopoulos noted that Gore trailed by a mere hundreds votes in just one state, Florida, while Biden seized the lead by tens of thousands in some deciding states.

That is not close. That is not within the margin that elections are usually turned around on, he said.

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Noem said Americans need to know we care about doing things right.

It starts with providing evidence, you still have not provided it, Stephanopoulos snapped.

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