Former President Donald Trump went into a lengthy rant on Monday, blasting a former staffer after she said he admitted to losing the 2020 election.
I his statement, shared by his spokesperson Liz Harrington, Trump lashed out at former White House communications director Alyssa Farah, calling her a “backbencher” after she told CNN that Trump admitted to her in the aftermath of the November election that he’d lost.
“He told me shortly after that he knew he lost,” Farah told CNN on Saturday. “But then folks got around him. They got information in front of him, and I think his mind genuinely might have been changed about that, and that’s scary because he did lose,” she added.
Farah, who also served as a spokeswoman for former Vice President Mike Pence and the Pentagon, told CNN she would not vote for Trump if he ran again.
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Trump responded by trashing Farah as an “inglorious lightweight,” a “loser, and a “clown” who loves being in front of the cameras.
“It’s amazing how these people leave with respect and adoration for me and others in the White House, but as soon as CNN or other cameras get shoved in their face, or the losers from The View ask a question, or money gets thrown at them, or someone writes a fake book, inglorious lightweights like Farah change so quickly,” Trump said in a statement through his political action committee.
“I watched this clown on television saying exactly what they wanted her to say and I watched the lies,” Trump continued. “Was she paid by low-ratings CNN? By the way, as soon as the Crime of the Century happened on November 3rd, I knew the Election was Rigged and Stolen, and never changed my view on that one bit.”
According to multiple reports, Farah has voluntarily spoken with the House Jan 6 Panel. Testimony from Farah and other former Pence aides could prove politically problematic for Trump even as other former aides have refused to cooperate.
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President Donald J. Trump:
“Heard that Alyssa Farah was terrible on The View—they could have asked the people who know her and saved a lot of time. She was a “backbencher” in the White House, and is now a nobody again. We put her out there to face the public as little as.. pic.twitter.com/4LFDcWjnWo
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) November 15, 2021
