The list of Team Trump insiders who mocked the former president's post-election lies was already long, and as stevebenen writes, it now includes White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
, went on to note that the then-White House chief of staff and his son had a “jocular” exchange, effectively treating Trump’s claims as a punch line.
But what’s less appreciated is the number of people close to Trump — his own allies — who came to the same conclusion., his campaign manager didn’t believe the Big Lie. Neither did his campaign’s lawyers and data experts. His Justice Department appointees told him he lost fair and square, as did his Department of Homeland Security appointees. The outside private researchers who were hired to prove that he didn’t actually lose also told him he lost.
This is not to say that Meadows was a card-carrying member of the Reality-Based Community. He wasn't. As regular readers, it was Meadows who was with Trump in the Oval Office during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He was also involved in the fake electors scheme. Meadows was also in frequent communication with far-right GOP members of Congress about efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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