Tag Archives: RNC

CNN reports: Donald Trump is wasting little time putting his imprint on the Republican Party just days after becoming its presumptive presidential nominee. As the Republican National Committee meets here Friday for its spring meeting, members are set to elevate Trump’s endorsed candidates – North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whatley and the former president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump – to serve …

The Hill reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) failed to earn enough support from states to bring a resolution to ban paying former President Trump’s legal bills to a vote. Henry Barbour, who serves as Mississippi’s national committeeman, confirmed to several news outlets that the resolutions he drafted that would have prohibited the committee from covering the former president’s growing …

The Washington Post reports: Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said Sunday that she no longer feels bound by the earlier pledge made by her and other presidential hopefuls to support the GOP’s eventual nominee . The Republican National Committee made that pledge a key condition for candidates who wanted to participate in the party’s debates. Haley acknowledged in an …

“These people want to be stolen from. That’s the long and short of it. The people that give Trump money or the RNC money are begging to be stolen from. And Trump is going to accommodate them. They’re very blunt and very upfront about what they doing. “I know a lot of Republicans, friends of mine from my days in …

The New York Times reports: The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee said on Monday that she would step down in just over a week, as former President Donald J. Trump seeks to install a new handpicked leader for the national party ahead of the general election this fall. The decision is not a surprise. The chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, told …

“Why has Henry Barbour, Republicans National Committeeman from Mississippi, become an ally of Joe Biden. Barbour’s two proposed RNC resolutions defy reality and only help President Biden. “It is ironic that Barbour would propose these anti-Trump resolutions as President Trump wins his fifth straight contrast (?) and is declared the winner in Nikki Haley’s home state one minute after the …

The Associated Press reports: At least one member of the Republican National Committee is working to slow Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of the organization by pushing to keep the committee neutral until Trump is officially the presidential nominee and avoid picking up his legal bills. Two draft resolutions are being circulated by Henry Barbour, a national committeeman from Mississippi, for …

Reuters reports: Lara Trump, who Donald Trump has endorsed to be the new co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said on Wednesday that the organization needed to raise $500 million for the 2024 general election and did not rule out using raised funds to pay her father-in-law’s mounting legal fees. “We gotta make sure that people understand when they donate …

The Daily Beast reports: “I think within 30 days you’ll see a purge of staffers from the RNC, because it’s a hotbed for anti-Trumpism,” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and host of the War Room podcast told The Daily Beast. “That’s the open secret.” Skeptical holdouts within the RNC have gotten the message: Their days are numbered. But it’s …

“My biggest issue is, I don’t want the RNC to become, you know, his legal defense fund. I don’t want the RNC to become his piggy bank for his personal court cases. We’ve already seen him spend $50 million worth of campaign contributions towards his personal court cases. “Now, we see him trying to get control of the RNC so …

“Here’s what I can tell you. The RNC needs to be the leanest, most lethal political fighting machine we’ve ever seen in American history. That is the goal over the next nine and a half months. “If I am elected to this position, I can assure you, there will not be any more $70,000 or whatever exorbitant amount of money …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump is privately discussing endorsing his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, to be the co-chair of the Republican National Committee, according to three people familiar with the discussions. Mr. Trump has already told those close to him that his preferred choice to replace the current R.N.C. chair, Ronna McDaniel, is Michael Whatley, the …

The New York Times reports: The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, has told former President Donald J. Trump she is planning to step down shortly after the South Carolina primary on Feb. 24, according to two people familiar with the plans. Mr. Trump is then likely to promote the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Michael …

The Associated Press reports: Facing a cash crunch and harsh criticism from a faction of far-right conservatives, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Friday called for the party to unite behind the goal of defeating Biden. McDaniel spoke at the RNC’s winter meeting in Las Vegas behind closed doors on Friday, addressing a gathering of state chairmen and other top party …

Raw Story reports: Several Democratic National Committee officials and at least one analyst point to data that says the RNC just had the worst fundraising year in three decades. “This is horrifying,” declared Tyler Bowyer, an RNC National Committeeman and official at Charlie Kirk’s right-wing Turning Point USA. “Worst fundraising year for RNC in 30 years. They’re asking for a …

“An ally of Donald Trump is now withdrawing a proposal to make the former president the presumptive Republican nominee before he has even got enough delegates to be the Republican nominee. It’s a withdrawal that came just hours after Trump distanced himself from the effort. “It was a resolution that would have basically handed the nomination to Trump, even though …

The New York Times reports: One of Donald J. Trump’s key allies inside the Republican National Committee withdrew a planned resolution to try to force the party’s official body to say that the G.O.P. presidential nominating contest is effectively over, even though only two states have voted and Nikki Haley has vowed to continue her campaign. David Bossie, an R.N.C. …

“Who cares what the RNC says? We’ll let millions of Republican voters across the country decide who should be our party’s nominee, not a bunch of Washington insiders. If Ronna McDaniel wants to be helpful she can organize a debate in South Carolina, unless she’s also worried that Trump can’t handle being on the stage for 90 minutes with Nikki …

The Dispatch reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is reviewing a draft resolution that, if approved, would declare Donald Trump the party’s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee even as Nikki Haley continues to wage a vigorous campaign against the former president and frontrunner. The draft resolution, obtained by The Dispatch Thursday morning, was proposed by David Bossie [photo], an RNC committeeman …

The far-right Washington Free Beacon writes: President Joe Biden told Pennsylvanians on Friday that he works for the government in the Senate, a comment likely to fuel concerns about the gaffe-prone president’s mental fitness. “My name’s Joe Biden. I work for the government in the Senate,” said the 81-year-old president as he met employees at a coffee shop in the …