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CNN anchor Chris Wallace has labeled it BS as host Laura Coates asked if he buys the RNC’s explanation about applicants reportedly being asked if they believe former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election being stolen via Mediaite.
There are reports that under new co-chair Lara Trump, job applicants face the litmus test of adhering to Trump’s election lies, while an RNC spokesman claimed: “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.”
Wallace was a guest on Wednesday night’s edition of CNN’s Laura Coates Live, during which Coates asked him about the RNC’s reported job requirement and whether he buys the explanation:
COATES: So, it turns out, if you want a job at the RNC, or you want to keep your job, well, you may need to lie out loud. In politics now, it’s forget who you know, it might now come down to what you pretend not to know.
The Washington Post reporting that the new RNC management is asking current and potential employees if they think the 2020 election was rigged, the apparent litmus test for hiring, and the Biden campaign pouncing on this, saying that it’s Trump, quote, demanding fealty. Joining me now is Chris Wallace, host of CNN’s The Chris Wallace Show, and Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace on Max? And who’s talking to him right now? Me, that’s who. Hey, Chris, how are you?
CHRIS WALLACE, CNN HOST: Great to be with you, Laura.
COATES: So, this all started after Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, was named co-chair of the RNC. Now, is this just, in some ways, Chris, just formalizing that the Republican Party is now Trump’s party, and that a platform policy of this party is that the 2020 election was stolen?
WALLACE: If not officially, certainly in practice, yes, I mean, it is Trump’s party. Look, he sailed to victory very easily in the primaries. As you say, he’s completely — and this isn’t so unusual that the winning nominee takes over the party structure, the DNC for Democrats, the RNC for Republicans. What’s unusual are these kinds of litmus tests, but you’ve got a candidate who is saying, and the nominee of the party, who is saying that the election was stolen. So, it’s almost a logical extension of this falsehood that you would be asking employees, are you willing to sign on for this?
I mean, it’s a loyalty test to Donald Trump and what Donald Trump is going to be saying throughout the 2024 campaign.
COATES: I mean, normally, you think about one’s policy positions, but the idea that this is a policy or a stance is really stunning even after all these years.
But, you know, the RNC, for their part, Chris, they’re saying they’re only asking candidates who worked in states where fraud allegations were prevalent, they get asked about their work experience. Do you buy that sort of caveat here?
WALLACE: Not especially. I mean, you got to remember, they came in and they let go. 60 operatives of the RNC said, you know, you can apply for a job, you know, to come back, but, basically, you got to go through a whole vetting process.
Look, it is a kind of Alice in Wonderland situation, but when you’ve got the candidate himself who’s saying, the election was rigged and you say, well, you know, that’s not policy, it’s one of the major planks of Donald Trump’s presidential run.
So, given that logic, why wouldn’t you ask people at the party? Are you willing to sign on for this?
