Following Iowa Caucus, Jenna Ellis criticizes Trump and “his influencers” for “shameful” attacks on other conservatives, questions whether the GOP can unify
Ellis: “This is not a campaign that is genuinely trying to unify. So I have serious questions whether Trump's speech last night is genuine and sincere.”
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Ellis: “This is not a campaign that is genuinely trying to unify. So, I have serious questions whether Trump's speech last night is genuine and sincere.”
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From the January 16, 2024, edition of Salem Media Group's The Jenna Ellis Show
JENNA ELLIS (HOST): Some of the DeSantis and Haley supporters are going to say, okay, Trump is now inevitable, we were looking at a different option, but now we're going to go ahead and unify, get the Republican Party moving forward. Tomi Lahren, for example, who is very much pro-DeSantis, said on Fox News last night, “Now it's time for the Republican Party to unify.” There are going to be some conservatives and frankly, establishment Republicans, that are going to suggest that we need to unify and the Republican Party needs to just coalesce around our leader.
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But I think this is another key issue here that is going to face Trump as he moves forward: He has spent his entire primary campaign with his influencers, his advisers, and his actual campaign and its surrogates that have absolutely demoralized and slammed anyone who had a different opinion other than total and complete fealty and loyalty to Donald Trump. That has included people like Laura Loomer suggesting that Casey DeSantis, and actually accusing her of faking cancer. If you didn't know about that, congratulations, you have not spent enough time on X, and I applaud you. But X, formerly known as Twitter, I kind of have to because it's part of my job to see everything that's going on in politics. But that was shameful. It was disgusting. This whole idea of, you know, trying to demoralize Ron DeSantis and come after his alpha male status. The fact that they're calling people like my friend Bill Mitchell an aging lesbian. The fact, even last night after the Iowa caucuses, one of the Trump influencers that has been paid previously by the campaign — it's still an open question of whether or not he currently is — literally was making fun of Steve Deace's appearance and making fun of his weight and how he looks and some other stuff that I won't even say. Literally, even after the results were in. So this is not a campaign that is genuinely trying to unify. So I have serious questions whether Trump's speech last night is genuine and sincere.