RNC lawyer Charlie Spies to step down just 2 months after taking the job
Spies has previously rejected election-related conspiracy theories that have been touted by Trump allies.
In a statement responding to reports of Spies being “pushed out” of the RNC, Alex Floyd, the Democratic National Committee rapid response director, said that Trump’s takeover of the RNC has led to “an election denier litmus test for new hires” and speculated that Spies was “purged for disagreeing with Trump’s dangerous conspiracy theories” about the 2020 election.
In 2021, Spies publicly contradicted false claims about voting machines switching votes. When asked during a Conservative Political Action Conference panel about what to do about voting machines switching votes, he pushed back against the false conspiracy theory that has been backed by Trump allies.
"I may get booed off the stage for this, but I have to say that's simply not true. There is just zero evidence that's true," Spies said at the time.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com
In a statement responding to reports of Spies being “pushed out” of the RNC, Alex Floyd, the Democratic National Committee rapid response director, said that Trump’s takeover of the RNC has led to “an election denier litmus test for new hires” and speculated that Spies was “purged for disagreeing with Trump’s dangerous conspiracy theories” about the 2020 election.
In 2021, Spies publicly contradicted false claims about voting machines switching votes. When asked during a Conservative Political Action Conference panel about what to do about voting machines switching votes, he pushed back against the false conspiracy theory that has been backed by Trump allies.
"I may get booed off the stage for this, but I have to say that's simply not true. There is just zero evidence that's true," Spies said at the time.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com
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