until the House formally voted on the articles of impeachment, I was to send hourly emails to every House Republican with messages from the president, flooding people’s inboxes with talking points, rebuttals, and pointed criticism meant to rally the troops like when Trump ripped out an article from the New York Times and wrote over it, in black Sharpie, “House Rs must have PERFECT VOTE.” I didn’t stop to think more about it at the time, other than doing what the president asked of me. I ran through the East Wing doors, holding my dress in place, and raced to my desk. Catching my breath for a
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