The Curious Jan 6 Moonwalk of ‘Team Normal’
There he was, on tape if not in person: Bill Stepien, the very campaign manager of Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, explaining calmly and matter of factly that President Trump lost, he and the candidate knew he had lost and every conspiracy theory and false claim and desperate attempt to stay in power was in the words of Bill Barr, bullshit. It wasn't even begrudging nor presented as an admission. Just matter of fact. See Also: Ana Navarro loses it during CNN gun control panel: 'Get your a--es in gear and call your Senators!' Since polls now routinely show that Republican voters treat it as an orthodoxy that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, this was quite a thing to hear. Other than the candidate himself, a campaign manager speaks with more authority and knowledge about a campaign than anyone else. Indeed, often with considerably more than the candidate. This has been one of the most notable dimensions of the Jan. 6th hearings to date. The wi...