The Republican National Committee has hired Charlie Spies, a Jeb Bush and Ron DeSantis campaign lawyer who once called Donald Trump “thin skinned” as well as mocking the idea of a border wall. Spies is also known to be close to leading Mitch McConnell-world figures.
The Washington Post reported Monday night:
“One of the most experienced lawyers in GOP politics, Charlie Spies, who recently served as the architect of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s shuttered presidential effort, will take over as chief counsel.”
The National Pulse has independently confirmed the reporting, with Spies’s tweets also likely to rankle MAGA supporters:
Though perhaps a head-scratching hire, Spies comes with the staunch endorsement of Trump campaign co-Chairman Chris LaCivita, who “praised Spies as one of the party’s top campaign attorneys, who is well respected by donors for his fundraising innovations and actively involved in election litigation.”
Spies is, in fact, notorious for his aggressive tactics, once deploying them against Trump himself in a scathing 2016 letter currently being circulated in Republican world.
“If your client is so thin-skinned that he cannot handle his critics’ presentation of his own public statements, policies and record to the voting public, and if such communications hurts his feelings, he is welcome to purchase airtime to defend his record. After all, a wall can be built around many things, but not around the First Amendment,” Spies wrote of Trump in 2016.
Spies then demanded the Federal Election Commission investigate Trump and his companies. The news comes amidst a shake up at the RNC that sees former One America News host Christina Bobb take an election oversight role, as well as Trump’s daughter in law Lara Trump assume the co-chairman position alongside Michael Whatley.
