The New York Times reports:
Richard Grenell’s quest to be secretary of state in a second Trump administration began late on Election Day in 2020, when the defeated president dispatched loyalists to run shambolic “stop the steal” operations in battleground states.
Trump tapped Mr. Grenell — his combative former ambassador to Germany, acting national intelligence chief and special envoy to the Balkans — to fly by private plane to Nevada, where Mr. Grenell ensconced himself, his dog Lola, lawyers and a crew of activists in a suite at the Venetian Resort, which served as the group’s war room in Las Vegas. In a days-long spectacle, the Trump team filed a lawsuit and aired false accusations of fraud, including one wrongly implicating hundreds of members of the military.
It was all a sham. Mr. Grenell told the team in the war room, two G.O.P. operatives recalled, that the Nevada vote was not, in fact, stolen. The operatives, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal from Mr. Grenell, said he told the team that the goal was simply to “throw spaghetti at the wall” — the operatives described Mr. Grenell making a theatrical tossing gesture as he spoke — to distract the media from calling Nevada while the election battle in neighboring Arizona played out.
Read the full article. Is there any homocon today that is more Roy Cohn than Grenell?
He Threw ‘Spaghetti at the Wall’ for Trump. Now He’s After a Top Job. – If Donald Trump wins the presidency, Richard Grenell hopes to be secretary of state. But his work raises questions, even from his former boss. via @nytimes https://t.co/sTOPERUF1Z
— Olav Mitchell Underdal (@omunderdal) May 25, 2024
Liars, fraudsters, phonies and con artists attract other liars, fraudsters, phonies and con artists. Nobody attracts them like Trump and few are more obnoxious than Grenell. https://t.co/y7eMD6mfop pic.twitter.com/wgnwCGGMOO
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 25, 2024