Falsely insisting President Donald Trump won the 2020 election is pretty much a job requirement to serve in his administration. But if you are a conspiracy-addled hardcore election denier, then you get a job overseeing elections!
In August, Trump invented the position “deputy assistant secretary for election integrity” in the Department of Homeland Security, and gave it to Heather Honey, who has no professional background in the federal government or election administration. But what she lacks in experience, she makes up for in true devotion to Trump’s Big Lie, having pushed mangled election data and misinformation to prop up his conspiracies.
And now we know what Honey’s tenure will involve, thanks to The New York Times.
On a recent call with election officials from almost every state,