Trump blasts ex-Pence aide after she said he admitted he lost

Former President TrumpDonald TrumpStoltenberg says Jan. 6 siege was attack on ‘core values of NATO’ Christie says only regret about Trump debate prep is catching COVID Woman who trespassed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago deported to China MORE on Monday lashed out at a former staffer who has been increasingly critical of his rhetoric surrounding the 2020 election.

Trump, in a lengthy statement, attacked former White House communications director Alyssa Farah as a “backbencher” after she told CNN that Trump admitted to her in the aftermath of the November election that he’d lost.

“He told me shortly after that he knew he lost,” Farah said. “But then folks got around him, they got information in front of him and I think his mind genuinely might have been changed about that, and that’s scary because he did lose.”

Those comments were the latest in a string of criticisms from Farah in recent weeks as she’s appeared on “The View” and CNN. Farah, who also served as a spokesperson for then-Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceBarrasso declines to criticize Trump for Pence remarks Alyssa Farah says she thinks Pence will run for president in 2024 Former Trump administration aide says she was warned about playing Taylor Swift music in White House MORE and the Pentagon, told CNN on Saturday she would not vote for Trump if he ran again. 

“It’s amazing how these people leave with respect and adoration for me and others in the White House, but as soon as CNN or other cameras get shoved in their face, or the losers from the The View ask a question, or money gets thrown at them, or someone writes a fake book, inglorious lightweights like Farah change so quickly,” Trump said in a statement through his political action committee.

“I watched this clown on television saying exactly what they wanted her to say and I watched the lies,” Trump continued. “Was she paid by low-ratings CNN? By the way, as soon as the Crime of the Century happened on November 3rd, I knew the Election was Rigged and Stolen, and never changed my view on that one bit.”

Trump noted Farah’s resignation letter upon her departure in which she said it was the “honor of a lifetime” to serve in the administration and laid out various Trump administration accomplishments she was “deeply proud of.”

Farah, who has been a periodic host of “Rising” on Hill.TV, tweeted earlier Monday that she was leaving for her honeymoon.

“I see I have honeymoon well wishes from my former boss! Too kind!” Farah tweeted moments after Trump’s statement was published.

I see I have honeymoon well wishes from my former boss! Too kind!

— Alyssa Farah (@Alyssafarah) November 15, 2021

Farah joined the Trump White House in April 2020 as an ally of then-chief of staff Mark MeadowsMark MeadowsMeadows comes under growing Jan. 6 panel spotlight Upton: When witnesses ignore subpoenas, ‘you don’t really have an equal branch of government’ Former Trump administration aide says she was warned about playing Taylor Swift music in…