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A Trump campaign advisory board member who once made an eyebrow-raising bet that he would literallyeat his shoeifJoe Bidenwon the 2020 presidential election now says he will not be doing anything of the sort.
By way of defense, Harlan Hill has been claiming, falsely, that Trump did win re-election.
“Oh, he’s gonna win. One hundred percent,” Hill toldThe Atlantic, adding that if Trump did not win, “I’ll eat my shoe. We’ll do it in a live-stream.”
In the wake of Trump’s defeat, however, Hill has changed his tune and, instead of eating his shoe, is echoing the same kind ofbizarre and baseless claimsas Trump.
From left: Donald Trump and Melania on Jan. 20.ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images
Hill has a history of controversy. A former Fox News commentator, he wasbanned from appearingon the network after referring to now Vice PresidentKamala Harrisas “insufferable lying b—-” in an October tweet.
A number of companiesdistanced themselvesfrom the consultant following his disparagement of Harris, including AT&T, with which Hill had claimed to have worked.
However, a spokesman for AT&T told CNBC in October: “We have found no record of this person working for us, and he certainly never will in the future. We have contacted him and demanded he remove our name and logo from his website.”
On the website for his consulting firm, Hill says he “was invited to join the Advisory Board of the Trump-Pence 2020 re-election campaign” following Trump’s 2017 inauguration and that he previously served as “a national surrogate for the Trump-Pence 2016 campaign.”
TheNew York Timessimilarlyidentified him in 2019as an advisory board member, as didThe Atlantic.
Hill did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday
That did not dissuade Trump and his allies from an extraordinarily undemocratic effort to overturn the election, arguing — without evidence — that the voting was rife with widespread fraud and constitutional errors.
Numerous judges and local and state officials, including Republicans, dismissed this.
Most of the more-than 50 cases to have been filed in support of Trump were dismissed or withdrawn, with no courts finding any compelling cases of voter fraud.
Donald Trump.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Shutterstock
Still, Trump and his team continued claiming that the election was stolen and they encouraged his voters to march on theU.S. Capitolon Jan. 6 during a joint session of Congress to certify Biden’s win.
The throng stormed the building, descending into mob violence, and five people died.
source: people.com
