{"id":1030733,"date":"2024-04-15T21:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030733"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:00:07","slug":"new-donald-trumps-gop-elevates-yet-another-election-denier-to-party-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-donald-trumps-gop-elevates-yet-another-election-denier-to-party-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Donald Trump\u2019s GOP Elevates Yet Another Election Denier to Party Leadership\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to extreme election denier Andrew Iverson being <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-republican-donald-trump-2020-election-46463044d8c07f1660673c9f5b299eff\"><em>hired<\/em><\/a><em> to lead the Wisconsin GOP, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is filling the ranks of his Republican Party with election-denying extremists who want to threaten our democracy, from the RNC to the Wisconsin GOP. Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 because of his unpopular MAGA extremism, but he hasn\u2019t learned his lesson \u2013&nbsp;he\u2019s still hiring the same kinds of cranks and conspiracy theorists who oversaw his demise in the state last cycle. The American people rejected Trump and his crew of election-denying lowlifes before, and they\u2019ll reject them again this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW: An extreme election denier and former Trump campaign staffer has been hired to lead the Wisconsin GOP.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-republican-donald-trump-2020-election-46463044d8c07f1660673c9f5b299eff\">Associated Press<\/a>: <strong>\u201cFormer Trump staffer who said to \u2018fan the flame\u2019 after 2020 loss hired to lead Wisconsin GOP\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe director of Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign in Wisconsin, who <strong>pushed allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked<\/strong>, has been hired to run the Republican Party of Wisconsin heading into the November election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cIverson told other operatives two days after the election to support claims that Trump had actually won. <\/strong>\u2026 Biden defeated Trump by nearly 21,000 votes in Wisconsin in 2020, a result that has withstood independent and partisan audits and reviews, as well as lawsuits and the recounts Trump requested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-republican-donald-trump-2020-election-46463044d8c07f1660673c9f5b299eff\">Iverson<\/a>: \u201cHere\u2019s the drill: Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We\u2019ll do whatever they need (inaudible) help with. Just be on standby in case there\u2019s any stunts we need to pull.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Wisconsin GOP continues to face leadership turmoil and legal trouble related to Trump\u2019s fake electors plot in the state.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/02\/20\/wisconsin-gop-executive-director-mark-jefferson-stepping-down\/72669398007\/\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Republican Party of Wisconsin executive director Mark Jefferson will step down next month, shaking up the state party\u2019s leadership just months before the next presidential election and the party\u2019s national convention in Milwaukee.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAppointed executive director for the second time in early 2019, Jefferson presided over Wisconsin Republicans during some of their more tumultuous times. The party became divided over challenges to the 2020 election. <strong>It drew national attention when 10 Wisconsin Republicans, including the party\u2019s chairman, signed false paperwork claiming to be electors for former President Donald Trump. Jefferson at the time privately expressed concerns about the plan.<\/strong>\u201d<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/politics\/former-wisconsin-gop-chair-said-he-feared-trump-supporters\">Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a>: \u201cThe former chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party said he feared for his family\u2019s safety when he signed paperwork as a false elector for former president Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Hitt was one of 10 false electors who signed documents in 2020 saying that Trump won Wisconsin. The group admitted in a settlement late last year that their actions were used in efforts to overturn the election results.<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/electors-trump-settlement-ballot-2020-wisconsin-d1eef206c5130da52dc07b1af51cb62f#:~:text=The%20settlement%20lays%20bare%20the,Arizona%20and%20belatedly%20New%20Mexico.\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201c<strong>More than 1,400 pages of emails, text messages and other documents released Monday reveal details of a strategy by Republican operatives tied to then-President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 victory in Wisconsin. <\/strong>The documents \u2014 settling a civil lawsuit filed against two attorneys and 10 Wisconsin Republicans who posed as fake electors \u2014 also allow a deeper look into how the strategy played out in other battleground states.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump is still pushing baseless lies about his loss by over 7 million votes in the 2020 election \u2013&nbsp;including his loss in Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/politics\/tuesday-visit-trump-false-claim-won-2020-election\">WPR<\/a>: <strong>\u201cOne day before his campaign stop in Green Bay, former President Donald Trump continued to push the false claim that he won Wisconsin four years ago \u2014 despite a recount, audits and court cases showing he lost to President Joe Biden.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-2020-election-lies-debunked-4fc26546b07962fdbf9d66e739fbb50d\">Associated Press<\/a>: <strong>\u201c[Trump] is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/lara-trump-2020-election-rnc-mail-voting-rcna144984\">NBC News<\/a>: <strong>\u201cRe-litigating the 2020 election, repeating false claims it was stolen and casting aspersions on the security of mail voting remain major fixtures for [Trump] on the stump.<\/strong> \u2026 He regularly refers to the 2020 election as \u2018rigged\u2019 on his social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/01\/08\/us\/trump-2020-overturn-timeline.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDonald J. Trump pressured state and federal government officials to overturn results of the 2020 election in more than 30 phone calls or meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voting-machines-election-conspiracies-republicans-trump-f867ef5ed8d66f375066f8cbdb25cdf4\">Associated Press<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump, running for the White House for the third time, has signaled that the 2020 election will remain an integral part of his 2024 presidential bid.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump continues to praise and embrace violent January 6 rioters \u2013 calling them \u201chostages\u201d and \u201cpatriots\u201d and vowing to pardon \u201ca large portion\u201d of those who attacked our Capitol.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-jan-6-pardons-2024-campaign-2401ead35cb1402a7b289c2c99761373\">Associated Press<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/18\/2024\/donald-trump-january-6\">Semafor<\/a>: \u201cHow Donald Trump learned to love the January 6 prisoner movement\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4290939-trump-jan-6-capitol-rioters-hostages\/\">The Hill<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump describes imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters as \u2018hostages\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/09\/01\/trump-jan-6-rioters-pardon\/\">Washington Post<\/a>:<strong> \u201cTrump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-refused-say-january-6-rioters-prosecuted-fullest-extent-law-2022-7\">Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cThen-President Donald Trump didn\u2019t want to specifically call for the Justice Department to prosecute January 6 rioters or forcefully condemn those who stormed the Capitol as unrepresentative of the MAGA movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/15\/no-trump-did-not-order-10000-troops-secure-capitol-jan-6\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cNo, Trump did not order 10,000 troops to secure the Capitol on Jan. 6\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-says-pardon-large-portion-jan-6-rioters-rcna83873\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump promised Wednesday night that if he is elected he will pardon a \u2018large portion\u2019 of the people convicted of federal offenses for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/04\/27\/trump-new-hampshire-jan-6-attack\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u200b\u200b\u201cFormer president Donald Trump on Thursday praised and embraced a woman convicted of defying police orders on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2026 <strong>Trump has steadily escalated his advocacy for people charged in the Capitol riot, including by pledging to pardon them if he returns to the White House, praising them as patriots, participating in a recording with Jan. 6 prisoners singing the national anthem,<\/strong> and playing it at his first rally of the 2024 campaign last month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1680362730803306496?s=20\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cJanuary 6, it was the largest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to. And they were there proud, they were there with love in their heart. That was an unbelievable \u2014 and <strong>it was a beautiful day.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-spoke-fundraiser-jan-6-defendants-rcna90806\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump is promising a \u201cbloodbath\u201d if he loses in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-bloodbath-loses-election-2024-rcna143746\">NBC News<\/a>:<strong> \u201cTrump says there will be a &#8216;bloodbath&#8217; if he loses the election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/16\/trump-bloodbath-biden-november-00147453\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cTrump says country faces \u2018bloodbath\u2019 if Biden wins in November\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/donald-trump-bloodbath-no-elections-ohio-rally-1234989056\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Says There Will Be a \u2018Bloodbath\u2019 and Elections Will End if He Isn\u2019t Reelected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-blood-bath-auto-industry.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Defends His Warning of a \u2018Blood Bath for the Country\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Whatley was backed by Donald Trump to take over the RNC because of his history of election denial.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/06\/us\/politics\/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-trump.html\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>\u201cMr. Trump likes Mr. Whatley for one overwhelming reason, according to people who have discussed him with the former president: He is \u2018a stop the steal guy,\u2019<\/strong> as one of the people described him. He endorses Mr. Trump\u2019s false claims about mass voter fraud \u2026 Mr. Whatley has baselessly claimed that election security efforts from Republicans in North Carolina stopped Democrats from cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/09\/politics\/kfile-whatley-promoted-false-election-fraud-claims\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>:<strong> \u201cLikely frontrunner for RNC chair parroted Trump\u2019s 2020 election lies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/26\/politics\/rnc-election-fraud-job-interview-question\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: <strong>\u201cRNC staffers and new hires asked whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/08\/us\/politics\/rnc-trump-whatley.html\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump\u2019s Man at the R.N.C. Will Face Pressure to Satisfy His Election Lies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/election-deniers-lara-trump-michael-whatley-to-lead-rnc-republican-national-committee.html\">New York Magazine<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Taps Election Deniers Lara Trump, Michael Whatley to Lead RNC\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/republican-national-committee-whatley-trump-mcdaniel-b0c1714ac648bfa91b6ee72a30278266\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cIn pushing Michael Whatley as the next leader of the Republican National Committee, <strong>Donald Trump zeroed in on the North Carolina GOP chairman\u2019s dedication to \u2018election integrity,\u2019 baselessly suggesting he would ensure the 2024 race \u2018can\u2019t be stolen.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump is preparing to bring back his circle of election deniers, conspiracy theorists, and convicted felons to plan this summer\u2019s Republican convention.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/20\/trump-far-righters-return\">Axios<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump eyes convicts and conspiracists for 2024 reunion\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSidelined characters from former President Trump&#8217;s past campaigns \u2014 \u2018crazies,\u2019 some of his top advisers call them \u2014 are reattaching themselves to his inner circle now that he&#8217;s locked up the Republican nomination. \u2026 ex-advisers, conspiracy theorists and convicted felons are now knocking on the campaign&#8217;s door \u2014 and some are getting in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/mar\/25\/trump-inner-circle-manafort-gaetz-mtg\">The Guardian<\/a>: <strong>\u201cHeadache for campaign team as Trump gets the band back together\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/18\/us\/politics\/manafort-rnc-trump.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cPaul Manafort, a top adviser to Donald J. Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign who was pardoned by the former president at the end of his White House term, is in discussions to return to help with the Republican National Convention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. Manafort was found guilty in late August 2018 of a range of financial crimes, including tax and bank fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn September 2018, Mr. Manafort pleaded guilty to additional charges brought by Mr. Mueller and agreed to cooperate. But as the case proceeded, Mr. Mueller said that Mr. Manafort had not been truthful in his cooperation, breaching that plea deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/03\/19\/trump-manafort-hiring\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cFormer president Donald Trump is preparing to bring back into his campaign fold a man convicted of multiple crimes and whom a bipartisan Senate report labeled a \u2018grave counterintelligence threat\u2019 because of his ties to a Russian spy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to extreme election denier Andrew Iverson being hired to lead the Wisconsin GOP, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cDonald Trump is filling the ranks of his Republican Party with election-denying extremists who want to threaten our democracy, from the RNC to the Wisconsin GOP. 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