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Brand New Photos Released from Election Night at the White House Show Everyone Knew Trump Was Losing/Lost

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“A picture is worth a thousand words”. We’ve heard the adage and it’s true. Photos capture everything, and a bunch of new photos released from the White House on Election Night 2020, show us a whole different picture than the one Donald Trump wants us to believe.

The photos, taken by a White House photographer and published exclusively in Jon Karl’s upcoming book, “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show,” are, according to ABC News, “a visual representation of the testimony of senior Trump advisers who told the House Jan. 6 committee that they did not believe Donald Trump should declare victory on election night.”

The posed photos show what you’d suspect, a happy group of people waiting on election results:

Left to right, Lara Trump, Eric Trump, campaign manager Bill Stepien, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows, and senior strategist Stephen Miller are seen in a White House photo taken election night Nov. 3, 2020, and published exclusively in ABC Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl’s book, “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.”

According to ABC News, the photos show Trump’s family and campaign team camped out in the Map Room of the White House. The room, located in the basement of the White House residence, is where President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tracked the movement of Allied Forces during World War II. It makes me sick to know that Trump and his evil spawn had access to such historical and hallowed places in the White House…it will always make me furious. It’s called the Map Room because some of the maps used by FDR are framed and on the walls.

On election night, however, Trump’s political team transformed the room into a campaign war room, installing large-screen televisions and placing them over FDR’s maps. (Internal scream!)

Left to right, campaign manager Bill Stepien, Ivanka Trump, Lara Trump, and Eric Trump are seen in a White House photo taken election night Nov. 3, 2020, and published exclusively in ABC Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl’s book, “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.””

Jon Karl tweeted out some of the photos as well, saying, “Look at the faces — these people did not think they were winning.” And he’s right.

Does this look like a happy and excited group to you:

A White House photo taken election night Nov. 3, 2020, and published exclusively in ABC Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl’s book, “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.”

As someone pointed out on Twitter:

You can see the rest of the photos HERE.

Nicole Hickman
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Nicole Hickman James is a lifelong Democrat and political activist who first cut her teeth as a teenager volunteering for Mike Dukakis’ presidential campaign. She has worked and volunteered for John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, HFA (Hillary For America), and Organizing For Action. She’s passionate about liberal and progressive causes and considers President Obama her favorite president ever. She holds her Bachelor’s from Boston College in Economics and her Master's from Columbia, also in Economics. When not working as a writer, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her three college-aged children.

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