‘The stupid. It hurts.’: Lara Trump dragged online after botching segment about RNC’s absentee ballot lawsuit

Left: Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. Right, Lara Trump, former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and co-chair of the Republican National Committee (screengrab via Fox News).

Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair, is under fire after telling Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that the RNC filed a lawsuit to stop counting ballots after Election Day in the battleground state of Nevada. Trump’s statements about the lawsuit were not only wrong with respect to the lawsuit itself, but also incorrectly summarized state election law there — largely put in place by Republicans.

Bartiromo prompted Trump about the lawsuit filed by the RNC on Friday: “I see that the RNC is filing a lawsuit in a battleground state to stop counting ballots past Election Day.”

Trump answered, “Yeah. Well, that’s exactly right.”

“You cannot have ballots counted after elections are over … we want Election Day to be the last day mail ballots can be counted,” Trump continued.

Despite Trump’s on-air commentary, the RNC lawsuit is not trying to stop ballots from being counted after Election Day in Nevada — or anywhere else.