Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was hammered on White Claws during a Monday meeting at the White House – because he didn’t know it contained alcohol
- Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows accidentally consumed 3.5 White Claws during a Monday morning meeting in mid-November 2020
- Meadows, “a staunch Southern Baptist,” thought the hard seltzers were “sparkling water,” according to former aide Cassidy Hutchinson
- She wrote about the humorous incident in her new book Enough
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson wrote in her new book that ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows accidentally got drunk on White Claws during a meeting Monday morning.
The accident happened when Meadows decided to raid the office refrigerator because he thought it was filled with “sparkling water.”
Former White House budget director Russ Vought, a “staunch Mormon,” was also at the meeting and did not join Meadows in slamming hard seltzers, which contain 5 percent alcohol per can.
“A devout and faithful Southern Baptist, Mark had never had an alcoholic beverage in his life — until mid-November 2020,” Hutchinson recounts in her book Enough, noting that Meadows “had his first alcoholic beverage then and there.”
Hutchinson was among the assistants who realized the mistake and asked Meadows how much White Claw he was consuming.
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson wrote in her new book that ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows (pictured) accidentally got drunk on White Claws during a meeting on Monday morning.
Meadows had raided a refrigerator in the White House and thought the hard seltzers were “sparkling water.” He had 3.5 at a meeting Monday morning before Hutchinson and other aides raised the chief of staff’s mistake
Enough of former Mark Meadows assistant Cassidy Hutchinson was released on Tuesday
“This one’s about half empty,” Hutchinson remembered Meadows telling her.
Meadows then walked to his trash can so deputies could count the contents.
“I counted three White Claw cans,” Hutchinson recalled.
Meadows had explained that while at Vought he “began to feel thirsty.”
“I know you girls keep my fridge stocked with sparkling water, so I went and got one. I sat back down and took a sip and thought, “Wow, this is really tasty!” I looked at it and saw it was Blackberry and thought, ‘The girls have never given me this before,'” Meadows said, according to Hutchinson.
‘I really liked it and drank it quite quickly, and went to get another one. Grapefruit! Another new flavor. Then I got a third, I remembered I hadn’t offered Russ one, so I did, and he looked at me funny and said no,” Meadows continued, according to Hutchinson’s book.
Although Vought was a good Mormon and therefore did not drink alcohol, he was aware that White Claw was a hard seltzer.
It was his reaction that alerted Meadows to the fact that he was drinking alcohol. “I know times are tough right now, but are they really that bad?” Vought was reportedly joking.
“My head started going funny, and I looked at the can and saw it was alcohol. I drink alcohol on Monday mornings, and I have never had anything to drink before,” Meadows said, Hutchinson wrote.
While she recorded this light-hearted moment, Hutchinson’s book contains many criticisms of Meadows and former President Donald Trump, following her testimony before the House committee on Jan. 6.