NEW: The 2020 election was not the first one @MarkMeadows tried to overturn.
After Trump beat @tedcruz in the 2016 North Carolina primary, sources say Meadows tried to force the state party to send all Cruz delegates to the RNC against voters' wishes.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
After Trump beat @tedcruz in the 2016 North Carolina primary, sources say Meadows tried to force the state party to send all Cruz delegates to the RNC against voters' wishes.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“Even though Trump was going to be the nominee, and even though Cruz had dropped out...@MarkMeadows was working behind the scenes to blow up that slate,” a former official told the @Independent independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Another ex-NC GOP official said @MarkMeadows push to overturn the 2020 election was no surprise because he had been "very vocal" in trying to force North Carolina delegates to change their votes to @tedcruz even though he'd lost the primary election. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
And another veteran North Carolina Republican operative said Meadows "has a record of manipulation" through post-election chicanery.
"I would put it that … he might see the will of the voters as only a suggestion,” they said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
"I would put it that … he might see the will of the voters as only a suggestion,” they said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“He has a record of being unprincipled and ... attempting to do things in a way that is ... destructive," said one ex-@MarkMeadows associate, who said the push to overturn the 2020 election was not his first attempt to install a losing candidate in office independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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