“They just laid off people,” a former Trump campaign adviser told Yahoo News on Monday, less than a week after the US presidential election.
Another source disclosed to the outlet that they have “heard a lot of people have just one week left.” Those individuals will soon be receiving their last paycheck from the campaign, according to the anonymous individual.
According to one Republican source who spoke to Yahoo News, the rumored layoffs from the Trump campaign are not out of the ordinary.
“Every campaign has a sell-by date, even successful ones,” the GOP source claimed. "This is why campaign life is the best and also worst job ever."
This comes amid Trump’s continued claims of fraud that caused him and US Vice President Mike Pence to lose the general election to Biden and US Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).
He most recently tweeted that the so-called Democratic “ballot corruption” regarding the election would be “exposed” on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program at 9:00 p.m. EST Tuesday night.
Ballot Corruption will be exposed tonight at 9:00pmE on @SeanHannity on @FoxNews!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2020
Trump campaign Communications Director Tim Murtaugh echoed the Republican source’s explanation and told Yahoo in an emailed statement that the reported layoffs were simply post-election turnover.
“Unlike most campaigns, which close down immediately after Election Day, because of the unprecedented nature of the 2020 race, we have long had a plan to continue on to see President Trump reelected,” Murtaugh claimed.
“However, staffers related to events, trips, door knocking and grassroots organizing played roles that ended on Election Day and obviously play less of a role after Election Day.”
As the Trump campaign’s legal operations related to the election continue, the US president has called on his supporters to donate to his “Election Defense Task Force.”
Donald Trump's official website now immediately asks you to donate to his "election defense fund":
— Born Miserable (@bornmiserable) November 10, 2020
• donation defaults to a recurring donation
• fine print states that 1) your donation is not tax deductible and 2) 60% of your donation actually goes to clearing campaign debt pic.twitter.com/nap3gm2d2q
“Please contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to join the Election Defense Task Force and to increase your impact by 1000%!” reads the task force’s website.
