Susie Wiles and James Blair were quoted in an article before the 2024 election blaming President Trump for the state of the race.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
None of the provided sources mention a pre-2024-election article quoting Susie Wiles and James Blair blaming Trump for the state of the race. The sources cover the 2026 Means-Wiles-Blair feud and later infighting, and the PolitiFact piece covers only Wiles's 2024 appointment, so the claim cannot be confirmed or refuted.
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… How did she think they were going to win? No one thought they were going to win. Susie and her team, in my opinion, right, they're leaking machines, and they're now aggressively um, it actually happened before. I was shocked. Before the election, there was an article with quotes from Susie and James Blair. Like, in the article, is quasi blaming the president for the race and saying how brilliant their strategy was, like, quotes from them before the election even happened. Um, you know, during the campaign in 2024, you know, James had pen tweets, and it was all about his political strategy. I'm like, dude, you guys managed the ship. You guys did not win this election. …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The claimant's passage (Calley Means on the Joe Rogan podcast) describes such an article but is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate it.
Context. Coverage of Wiles and Blair in the sources concerns 2026 midterm-era infighting, including Blair's role as deputy chief of staff and political strategist for the 2024 campaign, but none describes a pre-election article with their quotes blaming Trump.[2][3][4]
Context. The PolitiFact article covers Wiles's appointment as chief of staff after the 2024 election and does not address any pre-election quotes.[1]
Context. The extracted claim tracks the passage's wording ("quasi blaming the president for the race"), so it does not add content beyond what the post says.
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 3, 2 not rated
- 1Fact-checking social media posts claiming instant policy ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2One White House operative 'walked to the gallows' as Trump seeks midterm scapegoat: reportrawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: context
- 3Trump faults aides as Republican midterm prospects dim - Taylorville Daily Newstaylorvilledailynews.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Trump faults aides as Republican midterm prospects dim - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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