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BumRushDaShow

(129,053 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 06:06 AM Mar 27

RNC staffers and new hires asked whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen

Source: CNN Politics

Published 11:34 PM EDT, Tue March 26, 2024


CNN — Current and potential staffers at the Republican National Committee have been asked in recent job interviews whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to two sources familiar with the questioning.

Over the past few weeks, Trump advisers have asked current and potential RNC employees about their views of fraud during the 2020 election, with the question serving as an apparent litmus test for hiring, the sources said. Use of the question comes after the Trump campaign has effectively merged its operations with the RNC. The Washington Post first reported the substance of the interview questions.

A key focus for the Trump campaign, and newly-elected leadership at the RNC, ahead of the 2024 election is election fraud. Much of that focus stems from former President Donald Trump’s dissatisfaction with how the RNC handled claims of election fraud around the 2020 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter said. There is no evidence of widespread election fraud in the last presidential contest.

“Candidates who worked on the front line in battleground states or are currently in states where fraud allegations have been prevalent were asked about their work experience. We want experienced staff with meaningful views on how elections are won and lost and real experience-based opinions about what happens in the trenches,” RNC spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez told CNN. Trump advisers have also told potential new hires that they should plan to move to West Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump’s campaign is centered, the sources said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/rnc-election-fraud-job-interview-question/index.html

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RNC staffers and new hires asked whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 27 OP
If tRump loses by anything less than 30% he will incessantly whine "election fraud!" . . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 27 #1
Selling bibles at the airports... underpants Mar 27 #3
He knows how to sell... SergeStorms Mar 27 #14
Quoting Howard Stern underpants Mar 27 #15
I guess it.... SergeStorms Mar 27 #29
Or bankrupt a casino? mercuryblues Mar 27 #30
He could lose all 50 states and will cry it was rigged. durablend Mar 27 #7
A purity test. I did nazi that coming. underpants Mar 27 #2
I see what you did, there. Nazi best but not bad. jaxexpat Mar 27 #21
Oh my goodness snowybirdie Mar 27 #4
This is exactly how to build a cult Novara Mar 27 #5
How North Korean of them. SunSeeker Mar 27 #6
If believing absurdities is a job requirement, then what does that say about atrocities? ck4829 Mar 27 #8
They are building their autocracy out in the open. Irish_Dem Mar 27 #9
Our Father, who art in Florida, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. twodogsbarking Mar 27 #10
Move to West Palm Beach? Hah! one of THE most expensive areas in all of FL, maybe even the entire South. machoneman Mar 27 #11
THAT was the first thing that came to mind BumRushDaShow Mar 27 #12
I believe there's quite a few trailer parks within commuting distance. Think. Again. Mar 27 #27
Weeding out any critical thinkers Ohioboy Mar 27 #13
Trump could flip a coin and whine meow2u3 Mar 27 #16
It is a nice coincidence that "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" came out this week. 4lbs Mar 27 #17
so they are only hiring liars and fools ZonkerHarris Mar 27 #18
The grifty sticky fingers are a given. jaxexpat Mar 27 #22
"Use of the question comes after the Trump campaign has effectively merged its operations with the RNC" BComplex Mar 27 #19
Next they'll be asking applicants "Do you believe Trump is more important than God?" Wonder Why Mar 27 #20
Is that a trick question? jaxexpat Mar 27 #23
Maybe the rejects can be rwnj 'soldiers' at the polling places Marthe48 Mar 27 #24
Sorting to find and hire morons. mahina Mar 27 #25
To be honest... Think. Again. Mar 27 #26
It keeps gettin easier to reconcile why "Moderate Republicans" put up with it... Thunderbeast Mar 27 #28
"How willing are you to lie? Not fib, but out-and out lie!" mpcamb Mar 28 #31
It only deflects Jimbo S Mar 28 #32

underpants

(182,823 posts)
3. Selling bibles at the airports...
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 06:31 AM
Mar 27

I hope you get that song reference.

How about that shit huh? MF is selling Bibles ….during Holy Week

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
14. He knows how to sell...
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:45 AM
Mar 27

stuff to suckers, doesn't he?

Trump sneakers, Trump bibles, Trump NFTs, Trump ice, Trump steaks, Trump wine, Trump University, Trump vodka, Trump Air, Trump bibles, Trump ties, TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP!

I'm so freaking sick of "that word"!
Gee, I guess that makes me a sufferer of Trump derangement syndrome, huh?

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
29. I guess it....
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 03:33 PM
Mar 27

would have to be very ordinary meat at extraordinary prices, which would describe everything "that man" sells.

Of course his followers are used to a steady diet of road-kill and meat that would make a buzzard gag, so any steak with a blue USDA stamp on it would qualify as "premium meat."

They don't consider fruit or vegetables "food". They think of those as "stuff food eats".

Novara

(5,842 posts)
5. This is exactly how to build a cult
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 06:59 AM
Mar 27

Give people a litmus test. Even if they don't believe what you're selling, if they want to belong badly enough, they will lie. Then they convince themselves that the lie is the only truth. Since they went through mental gymnastics to get to this place, they will never disavow the lie because it means disavowing themselves.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
11. Move to West Palm Beach? Hah! one of THE most expensive areas in all of FL, maybe even the entire South.
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:31 AM
Mar 27

Last edited Wed Mar 27, 2024, 09:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Even his top level staffers don't get paid enough to live there. As for his camp follower peons at lower levels, they'd have to live light years away for affordable housing. Point is: just how out of touch is the RNC these days? Mucho!

BumRushDaShow

(129,053 posts)
12. THAT was the first thing that came to mind
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:33 AM
Mar 27

Who the hell (among the "underling" / "servant" class that they want to recruit) has the $$$ to afford to live in that area?

4lbs

(6,858 posts)
17. It is a nice coincidence that "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" came out this week.
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 10:09 AM
Mar 27

In the 1984 original movie, Ernie Hudson (the black dude) had an interaction with Melnitz (Annie Potts) during his interview.

She asked him if he believed any or all of a list of things.

He replied along the lines of "If there's a steady paycheck involved, I'll believe anything you want."


I'm getting a feeling that is what future 'workers' for this increasingly apparent crime organization might be saying on the inside.

BComplex

(8,053 posts)
19. "Use of the question comes after the Trump campaign has effectively merged its operations with the RNC"
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:54 AM
Mar 27
"Everything Trump touches DIES!"

Thunderbeast

(3,411 posts)
28. It keeps gettin easier to reconcile why "Moderate Republicans" put up with it...
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 03:12 PM
Mar 27

There are no more "Moderate Republicans". Republican is now a synonym for MAGA, Q-Anon, Neo Nazi, and Klansman.

They are now one and the same.

If you still believe that the 2020 election was illegitimate, you are an idiot... OR you are so motivated by fear and hate that you have talked yourself into it because you don't want the cult to call you names.

Jimbo S

(2,958 posts)
32. It only deflects
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 03:59 PM
Mar 28

from the real reason Trump lost 2020. If they won't address the real cause for Trump's loss, They won't do anything different this election cycle and the results will be the same.

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