The months between Election Day of 2020 and Inauguration Day of 2021 should have been rather mundane—a lame duck period after years of a grueling election cycle.
Thanks to former President Donald Trump, it was anything but.
Trump repeatedly—and delusionally—insisted the 2020 election was "stolen" from him by Democrats engaging in widespread election fraud. His team held chaotic hearings, bumbling press conferences, and filed frivolous lawsuits, none of which proved widespread fraud.
But even after Trump's own Justice Department said there was no evidence of election fraud, the former President and his ilk continued to push the big lie, which culminated in a deadly failed insurrection against the United States Capitol that endangered every member of Congress along with Trump's own Vice President.
One of the major purveyors of the big lie in those chaotic months was Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis, who—along with Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani—became the public face of the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Ellis condemned the violence at the time, but continues to make the rounds on far-right podcasts and media outlets, still blaring support for Trump and standing by her earlier claims of widespread fraud.
But on Friday, after she pushed back against delusional claims from pro-Trump pillow salesman Mike Lindell that Trump could be reinstated to the White House, Ellis got pushback from Trump supporters.
She condemned one follower who said that Trump supporters should put him back in the White House by any means necessary—even beyond the bounds of the Constitution.
Ellis referred to that as "insane."
This is insane.pic.twitter.com/2AReKygpeQ— Jenna Ellis (@Jenna Ellis) 1622829171
Ellis spent months propping up lies that the election was stolen and that American elections were not to be trusted. The man she represented told his supporters to "fight like hell" to keep him in power despite the Constitutional process.
What did she expect?
How do you sleep at night, Jenna? Your rhetoric is attracting a very dangerous following, intent on the overthrow of a duly elected government. Are you proud of that? Do you want to be complicit in the next 1/6?— vacekra (@vacekra) 1622829483
Tell them Biden won the election then— Rich Mohagany (@Rich Mohagany) 1622830258
I'm sorry that the people who Jenna Ellis spun up for two months after the election are now trolling her on Twitter, but she was laying groundwork for a coup then, as Trump is attempting to now. \n\nNo wonder they're responding the same way.pic.twitter.com/XaMowuhgND— emptywheel (@emptywheel) 1622830310
Faustian Bargains never end well, Jenna.https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/politics/kfile-jenna-ellis-2016-trump-comments/index.html\u00a0\u2026— Frank Amari (@Frank Amari) 1622829483
You helped create this— Danzig, but not the dork one (@Danzig, but not the dork one) 1622832004
This is your doing.— Ed Wright II (@Ed Wright II) 1622834737
She faced further backlash from Trump supporters for not endorsing a coup.
What's insane is @JennaEllisEsq purporting that this unprecedented situation of a fraudulent election on this massive scale is even mentioned, let alone provided for, within our Constitution. I'm seeing her true colors and won't dismiss who she's proven to be. #DeepStateShillhttps://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1400873195503292418\u00a0\u2026— Missy Kennedy (@Missy Kennedy) 1622835096
No this tweet is what 76 million voters plus are wondering,Jenna\n\nDems dont ay by rules\n\nGOP does and we get our asses handed to us everytimehttps://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1400873195503292418\u00a0\u2026— REDFIN (@REDFIN) 1622834800
The left sure did \u2018do whatever they wanted\u2019 to take the White House! So, who\u2019s insane here?\n\nYou all aren\u2019t taking this as seriously as it ACTUALLY IS: we are under occupation of a criminal, tyrannical government. What Democrats LIED about for four years is ACTUALLY the case now.https://twitter.com/jennaellisesq/status/1400873195503292418\u00a0\u2026— joy, M.Div. (@joy, M.Div.) 1622834364
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