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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Associated Press reports: Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is fighting for reelection in a bitter leadership feud that’s testing former President Donald Trump’s grip on his own “Make America Great Again” movement. The high-profile contest to lead the GOP through the 2024 presidential election will be decided Friday afternoon in a secret vote at the committee’s winter meeting …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is backing California attorney and former Trump campaign adviser Harmeet Dhillon in her bid to take the Republican National Committee chairmanship away from Ronna McDaniel, saying in an interview on Thursday, “I think we need a change.” “I think we need to get some new blood in the RNC,” DeSantis told Charlie …

The Huffington Post reports: Any grassroots Republican activists thinking about heading to the party’s winter meeting to lobby members ahead of Friday’s election for chair should probably check their credit card limits. Rooms at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach resort, where the Republican National Committee is holed up this week, start at $1,283 for Wednesday night, with a AAA discount, …

Politico reports: Republican National Committee members are set to vote on a resolution this week condemning not just antisemitism, but Ye, better known as Kanye West, and other conservative provocateurs who have made antisemitic remarks. The resolution was filed by California national committeeman Shawn Steel, an Orange County attorney and past California Republican Party chair who said in an interview …

The Associated Press reports: By week’s end, the Republican National Committee is set to resolve a bitter leadership feud that has exposed perilous divisions within the institution charged with electing the next GOP President. Those inside the fight believe the days ahead of Friday’s secret ballot at a luxury seaside resort could get even uglier as rebel forces within former …