Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser to Donald Trump, now appears on TV to staunchly defend the president’s desperate attempts to steal the 2020 election.
But in a series of Facebook posts and radio interviews from 2015 and early 2016 that CNN’s “KFile†unearthed this week, the lawyer described Trump as an “idiot†and a “bully†who “cannot handle criticism.â€
Ellis also slammed Trump’s supporters for not “seeking truth.â€





Ellis changed her tune and supported Trump in the 2016 election.
She acknowledged her previous antipathy to the president in a sycophantic statement to CNN.
“I am glad to have learned that I was completely wrong about Trump back then and I’ve said that over and over publicly, as I saw him keeping his promises, and then eventually getting to know him personally,†she said.
“I appreciate KFILE showing clearly through past statements that I think for myself, and that my mind was changed based on fact and personal knowledge,†Ellis added. “President Trump is a sincere Christian, the best president in modern history, and made and kept his promises to the American people. I am proud to stand with him and his goals for the future of this country and all of its citizens.â€
Ellis is not the first Trump acolyte whose previous attacks on the president have come back to bite them.
Kayleigh McEnany in 2015 dismissed Trump as a “showman†before later becoming one of his most ardent defenders, landing herself the role of White House press secretary. McEnany also had some compliments for President-elect Joe Biden at the same time.
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