2020 ELECTION/CONGRESS/GOP: “Two Republican members of Congress repeatedly pressed former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for evidence of widespread voter fraud before turning skeptical of former President Trump’s election conspiracies, texts reported by CNN reveal.
Why it matters: The texts from Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) in the aftermath of the 2020 election highlight the winding road some Trump loyalists took to opposing election objections on Jan. 6…
Lee texted Meadows on Nov. 7, 2020, the day major outlets called the election for Biden, urging the Trump team to use ‘every legal and constitutional remedy’ to challenge the election and to work with pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell…
Roy texted Meadows on Nov. 5, ‘We have no tools / data / information to go out and fight RE: election / fraud. If you need / want it, we all need to know what’s going on,’ adding two days later, ‘we need ammo. We need fraud examples.'”
-Andrew Solender, “Texts show how GOP lawmakers shifted on Trump’s election conspiracies,” axis.com, April 15, 2022