building — are dedicated to one cause: election integrity.”She was sitting between her husband, Eric, and Jason Simmons, who is the new North Carolina G.O.P.
“Election integrity,” in Donald Trump’s telling, tends to be about the past; party co-chairs like Ms. Trump usually talk about the present.
The three sat onstage, motionless, as Mr. Trump talked about the border, then eventually, came to North Carolina.
Theoretically, that Mr. Trump won while a Democrat won the governorship offers the best proof of all that the election was not stolen.
But perhaps because to concede his own success in one place would render his failure elsewhere unbearable, Mr. Trump must instead believe that fraud took place there as well, and that Michael Whatley defeated it.
Persons:
Lara Trump, Eric, Jason Simmons, Donald Trump’s, Trump, “, Michael Whatley
Organizations:
Republican National Committee, North Carolina G.O.P, Democrat
Locations:
North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C, Pennsylvania, Georgia