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RNC Celebrated Fourth By Tweeting Liberian Flag

Raw Story reports: On Tuesday, the Republican Party’s official Twitter account posted to mark the Fourth of July, writing, “247 years ago, our forefathers told Ol’ King George to get lost! Happy Independence Day from the GOP!” There was just one problem: the flags they used in the graphic were not the American flag. They were the Liberian flag. Liberia …

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Will Hurd: I Won’t Be Signing RNC’s Loyalty Pledge

CNN reports: Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, who announced his 2024 Republican presidential campaign earlier Thursday with an anti-Donald Trump message, said he won’t sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “I won’t be signing any kind of pledges, and I don’t think parties should be trying to …

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RNC Chair: Our Nominee Loyalty Pledge “Is Staying”

The Hill reports: Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel doubled down on the need for a GOP loyalty pledge on Thursday, arguing that the party has “to be united” in 2024. “It’s the Republican Party nomination and the pledge is staying,” McDaniel said when pressed by “Fox News Tonight” guest host Kayleigh McEnany. “It’s called the “Beat Biden Pledge” …

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RNC Reverses, Decides It Likes Early Voting After All

The New York Times reports: After years of deriding early and mail-in voting, claiming they lead to fraud and help Democrats to steal elections, top Republicans are changing their position, leading to a split in the party as the 2024 election approaches. The Republican National Committee recently announced that it had created a program to promote early voting, both by …

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RNC: Pledge To Support Trump Or No Debate For You

Politico reports: Top Republican Party officials have a message for any candidate worried about signing a loyalty pledge to support a potential convicted felon: There’s the door. Despite at least one candidate expressing concerns about the Republican National Committee’s requirement that they support the eventual nominee in order to qualify for the debate stage this summer, the committee said there …

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RNC Sets Debate Rules: Participants Must Poll At Over 1% And Pledge Their Support To Eventual GOP Nominee

Politico reports: The first debate will be Aug. 23 on Fox News Channel, with a possible second date of Aug. 24 if enough candidates meet polling and fundraising criteria — and also commit to supporting the eventual Republican nominee and pledge that they will not participate in any outside debates. Candidates will have to garner donations from at least 40,000 …

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McDaniel: Abortion Not Trump Cost Us The Midterms

The Hill reports: Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday a recent report on the party’s disappointing performance in last year’s midterms showed that the GOP was unable to lock down the support of independents, citing abortion messaging as a key reason why. “The biggest takeaway we’re taking is independents did not break our way, which has to …

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RNC Bashes Biden’s Reelection Bid With AI Video

Axios reports: The Republican National Committee responded to President Biden’s re-election announcement Tuesday with an AI-generated video depicting a dystopian version of the future if he is re-elected. The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party, followed by a series of imagined reports about international and domestic crises …

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GOP Deletes Attack On Major Donor Anheuser-Busch

The Daily Beast reports: The National Republican Congressional Committee quietly deleted a fundraising page Saturday that took aim at one of their largest donors, the parent company of Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch. In the 2022 cycle alone, Anheuser-Busch and its employees gave the NRCC $464,505. The NRCC’s back peddling follows conservatives calling for a boycott of the beer company after they …

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TN Florist Turns Down RNC Fundraiser Over Shootings

The Hill reports: A Nashville, Tenn., florist is refusing to serve a Republican National Committee (RNC) fundraiser featuring former President Trump in protest over lack of action on gun control laws. In a statement posted on Instagram this week, FLWR Shop said it declined an inquiry from the RNC to provide floral design services for a fundraising event in Nashville …

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Far-Right Rumble To Stream First RNC Primary Debate

Just in via press release: Rumble, the video-sharing platform, announced today that it has entered a partnership with the Republican National Committee (RNC) to be the exclusive live stream provider for the first debate of the Republican presidential primaries. The debate will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in August 2023, and will be hosted and broadcast on cable television by …

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Trump Accuses GOP Groups Of “Usurping My Brand”

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump warned GOP groups about fundraising with his image without authorization, claiming some are trying to “usurp his brand” ahead of the 2024 race. In a letter sent to the National Republican Campaign Committee and multiple firms, Trump campaign officials warned Trump could boycott any group using his image without authorization. He also claimed fundraising of his …

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RNC Chair Claims Trump Will Support GOP Nominee

Mediaite reports: If Donald Trump loses the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination, he will bow out gracefully and support the person that defeats him. That’s what RNC chair Ronna McDaniel seems to believe, at least. Sunday morning on CNN’s State of the Union, McDaniel tried to convince a visibly skeptical Dana Bash that the former president would pledge to support the …

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Milwaukee To Host First GOP Presidential Debate

The Associated Press reports: The Republican Party is planning to hold its first US presidential primary debate in August in Wisconsin, a swing state Democrat Joe Biden won by just 20,000 votes in 2020. The Republican National Committee confirmed in an email to members the organization had voted for the debate to take place in the Badger State’s largest city …

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RNC: Debate Participants Must Pledge To Back Nominee

The Associated Press reports: Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP’s ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the Republican National Committee meets next week. The proposal sets up a potential clash with former President Donald Trump, who has …

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GOP Fundraising Platform Lost Millions During Midterms

The Huffington Post reports: The GOP’s much-touted, small-dollar fundraising platform WinRed, created in response to the Democratic-aligned ActBlue, lost millions of dollars during the midterm election cycle, according to top Republicans. One Republican familiar with the privately held entity’s finances said it lost about $6 million over 2021 and 2022. A second confirmed the loss but believed the total was …

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Bannon Calls For Donor Boycott Of The RNC [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Far-right former Trump adviser turned podcast host, Steve Bannon, told his audience Monday “whatever you do, don’t send them any money” – referring to the Republican National Committee. Bannon, who ran former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and worked briefly in the White House, expressed concern over the RNC reelecting Ronna McDaniel as chair on Friday. Ahead …

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Vaseline Woman Demands RNC Pay Her Legal Bills

Newsweek reports: Kari Lake, accompanied with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, sat down with Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast on Friday to express disappointment in Ronna McDaniel’s reelection as RNC chair, and repeated demands for election integrity. “I heard that they [RNC] raised a couple hundred million for election integrity. We are asking the RNC to help us pay …

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RNC Votes To Condemn Kanye West And Nick Fuentes

Mediaite reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) approved a resolution at their annual meeting Friday condemning antisemitism — including specifically calling out Kanye West and Nick Fuentes — but made no mention of their infamous dinner meeting with Trump. It was filed by Shawn Steel, a national committee member from California and former chair of the state party, because “he …

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Ronna McDaniel Reelected RNC Chairperson In 2-1 Vote

USA Today reports: The Republican National Committee re-elected Ronna McDaniel to a fourth term Friday, passing over challengers who wanted to move the party further to the right and forge a closer embrace of former President Donald Trump. Defending her record in a speech to RNC delegates, McDaniel said she has improved Republican outreach and get-out-the-vote programs and told party …

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