Stolen Election Beliefs Now Part Of RNC Hiring Criteria

The Washington Post reports:

Those seeking employment at the Republican National Committee after a Trump-backed purge of the committee this month have been asked in job interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to people familiar with the interviews, making the false claim a litmus test of sorts for hiring.

In recent days, Trump advisers have quizzed multiple employees who had worked in key 2024 states about their views on the last presidential election, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private interviews and discussions.

The question about the 2020 election has startled some of the potential employees, who viewed it as questioning their loyalty to Trump and as an unusual job interview question. A group of senior Trump advisers have been in the RNC building in recent days conducting the interviews.

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This is insane even for a Trumpian RNC. It means that everyone in the place — every researcher, lawyer, fundraiser, receptionist — is an avowed election denier. How does the Committee ever recover from this?

Maybe the answer is it shouldn’t.https://t.co/qiQeguUh6a

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) March 27, 2024