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brooklynite

(94,829 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 01:34 PM Mar 8

RNC elects Michael Whatley, Lara Trump as new leaders

Source: The Hill

The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday officially voted to make Michael Whatley and Lara Trump its new chair and co-chair, respectively, cementing former President Trump’s remaking of RNC leadership as he sets his sights on November.

RNC officials gathered in Houston for the group’s leadership meetings, where they agreed to replace outgoing chair Ronna McDaniel, who resigned amid discord with Trump during the primary process.

Whatley, who has served as chair of the North Carolina GOP and RNC general counsel, is a Trump loyalist who has echoed the former president’s rhetoric about “election integrity” in the wake of the 2020 election, which Trump has falsely claimed was fraudulent and stolen.

In a 2021 appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference panel on “protecting elections,” Whatley spoke at length about his efforts to recruit hundreds of attorneys and volunteer poll watchers in North Carolina. He has also spoken skeptically about mail-in and absentee voting unless they are paired with voter ID requirements.



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4519117-rnc-elects-leadership-michael-whatley-lara-trump/
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ZonkerHarris

(24,273 posts)
5. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 01:51 PM
Mar 8

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Bayard

(22,184 posts)
8. The Orange Puppet Master strikes again
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 02:12 PM
Mar 8

These people are like a bunch of zombies, mindlessly turning in whichever direction the noise comes from.

Yavin4

(35,453 posts)
10. Well, guess that's the game folks. It's over for the Democrats.
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 02:44 PM
Mar 8

No way we can compete with Lara Trump. This woman has years and years of deep political experience. Starting out as a simple campaign volunteer, Lara rose through the ranks cutting her teeth on tough campaigns in almost every state in the nation. No one in America better qualified to run a massive national party like Lara Trump. Oh, did I forget to mention her multiple degrees political science from elite universities. Her numerous books on politics in America. Her ability to fundraise...I could go on and on. Suffice to say, we Democrats are cooked! COOKED! I tell you.



kimbutgar

(21,232 posts)
15. I will get some popcorn and enjoy the implosion of the repuke party while TFA takes all the money raised to pay for his
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 03:34 PM
Mar 8

Legal expenses and payouts. I mean who is going to stop him since he put his puppets in and controls the money raised.

jmowreader

(50,569 posts)
16. This should be entertaining
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:43 PM
Mar 8

Mrs. Trump has stated that the RNC, if she’s put in charge of it, is going to spend all its money on Donald Trump. Whether this means they’re going to spend it on his quixotic campaign or on buying his way out of the legal troubles he’s in is immaterial at this point - if the RNC has a dollar it’s going to Donald Trump.

One of the biggest things a national party apparatus does is support downticket candidates. Will the party really put up with a “if you’re running for Congress or a governorship you’re on your own, we’ve gotta pump up a man who’s less popular than Pizza Rat” policy?

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