Lara Trump’s RNC Is Asking Job Applicants If the 2020 Election Was Stolen, Per Report

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The Republican National Committee is currently hiring, and some prospective employees have reportedly been asked a very specific question during their interviews: “Was the 2020 election stolen?”

The Washington Post recounted conversations with people who have knowledge of these job interviews with the RNC, which is now being led by co-chairs Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, who is former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law.

In a report published on Monday, reporter Josh Dawsey wrote that “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.”

“Was the 2020 election stolen?” one prospective employee recalled being asked in a room with two top Trump advisers.

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, according to the people familiar with the interviews. A group of senior Trump advisers have been in the RNC building in recent days conducting the interviews.

While the questions were left “open-ended,” a former RNC employee told Dawsey: “But if you say the election wasn’t stolen, do you really think you’re going to get hired?”

CNN covered the story and spoke with RNC spokesperson Danielle Alvarez, who told them:

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.

She provided a similar statement to The Washington Post.

Dawsey also spoke to GOP strategist Doug Heye, who pointed out that while it’s not unusual for potential employees of an organization like the RNC to hold the same beliefs as a key figure in the party, “The problem with Trumpism is that despite bringing in very smart and very capable people, if you want to play Trump’s game, you have to back him up on everything he says. Claims about the election being stolen is kind of the last frontier of that.”

Read the full article at The Washington Post.

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