'You’d be in jail': Trump VP hopeful slammed for claiming 'we’re living under a dictatorship'

North Dakota Governor Doug Bergum was confident in his ability to become the 2024 GOP nominee over Donald Trump. Now, he's not only vying to be the former president's running mate, but he's a top contender.

In his effort to secure his spot as Trump's VP, Bergum is slamming President Joe Biden's leadership in the process.

During a Wednesday Fox News interview, the Republican leader said, "Under Joe Biden, we're actually living under a dictatorship today," the Republican governor said, "where he's bypassing Congress on immigration policy, he's bypassing Congress on protecting our border, he's bypassing Congress on student loan forgiveness — he's defying the Supreme Court. I mean, that's what dictators and authoritarians do is they don't follow our Democratic processes, they just assert their own liberal view."

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In February, The Washington Post reported:

An authoritarian is someone who amasses power to amass more power, often exploiting gray areas in the law to do it — or ignoring the rule of law outright. In some senses of the definition, Trump fits the mold, says Meredith McGehee, a government ethics expert who formerly headed the bipartisan political reform group Issue One. For example: Trump ignored dozens of court rulings saying he had lost the 2020 election as he tried to stay in power anyway.

Several political experts weighed in on social media.

Former US Senate staffer Jake Wilkins said: "This is the VP contender most viewed as the more moderate, even keeled option."

Institute for Research on Public Policy research director Steve Lafleur commented: "This is asinine. If America was a dictatorship you wouldn't be whining on tv: you'd be in jail. Don't believe me? Try this in Russia."

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Journalist Touré added: "This man knows Biden is not a dictator but he goes on TV and says he is. Republicans are so funny."

The Editorial Board publisher John Stoehr replied: "This should discredit Burgum eternally, by which I mean no reporter in Washington should ever take anything he says seriously as a consequence of this. They will, of course, because acting like kids is what they do. They play along. We all suffer for it."

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