Trump ally Michael Whatley and daughter-in-law Lara Trump take over at RNC

[GMDino]

Now he will have complete control of the party...and the money.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68517606

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By Sam Cabral,BBC News, Washington
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Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, was elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee on Friday


Donald Trump has cemented his take-over of the Republican Party with the ascent of two loyalists to the top leadership positions in its national organisation.


The former president earlier endorsed Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, for chair and co-chair of the Republican National Committee.


Their elections were formalised on Friday at the RNC's spring training gathering in Houston, Texas.
Mr Trump, 77, is slated to soon become the party's presidential nominee again.


Ahead of what will be his third consecutive election to the Republican nomination, allies and supporters had piled pressure on him to remove long-time RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

Ms McDaniel was chosen by Mr Trump in 2017 and, in January 2023, won election to a record fourth term that was due to last until 2025, but offered in February to step aside.


She has long faced complaints that the RNC was not aggressive enough in backing up the ex-president's debunked claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Mr Trump, whose final weeks in the White House were pre-occupied by a frantic and sprawling effort to "stop the steal", has reportedly said that not enough resources were poured into finding lawyers, filing lawsuits, training poll-watchers and investing in election-integrity efforts.


The latter portion of Ms McDaniel's tenure has also overseen an anaemic period of fundraising on behalf of Republicans, with the party coffers last year taking their worst beating in a decade and entering 2024 with about half as much cash on hand as Democrats.


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Criticism of Ronna McDaniel has been ramping up for months

That has been to the detriment of the former president, whose legal bills have been soaring for months as he faces 91 felony charges across four upcoming criminal trials, the first of which begins later this month.

Mr Trump is also currently on the hook for roughly half a billion dollars as a result of civil trial rulings against him in his home state of New York over sexual assault, defamation and business fraud. On Friday, he posted a nearly $92m (£72m) bond in the defamation case he lost to writer E Jean Carroll.

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In recent months, Mr Trump has also lashed out at the RNC for hosting a series of debates ahead of the primary election. Though he easily qualified to attend every event, the Republican frontrunner declined to participate each time, arguing that he was so far ahead in the polls that he did not need to face challengers who were far behind him.


The five RNC-sanctioned debates provided a platform to rivals like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley to criticise Mr Trump, largely unrebutted, between August and January. Though their efforts did not significantly narrow Mr Trump's polling advantage, they helped extend the primary season and force him to keep spending campaign cash.


In his new hand-picked recruits, Mr Trump has found both an ally committed to backing his election fraud claims and a family member apparently devoted to supporting him with party funds.

"President Trump deserves to have the team that he wants in place at the RNC," Ms McDaniel said in emotional farewell remarks.

Her second-in-command, RNC co-chair Drew McKissick, also stepped aside on Friday.
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Michael Whatley has impressed Donald Trump with actions to protect election integrity in his home state

Mr Whatley, who takes over Ms McDaniel's role, is the current chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and a former party general counsel. He is said to have boasted to Mr Trump about his actions to protect election integrity in his state.


Mrs Trump, the wife of Eric Trump, is expected to play a major role in fundraising and media appearances as the new co-chair. She has previously said the RNC must "spend every single penny" to re-elect Mr Trump, including by supporting his legal costs.

In their acceptance speeches, they promised to work "hand in glove" with the presumptive nominee, with Mrs Trump flashing a $100,000 cheque she had just been donated to the committee.


"If a dollar that we have is not directed towards winning this November, that dollar will not be spent," Mr Whatley said.


The former president is also planning to install two of his senior campaign advisers, Chris LaCivita and James Blair, to senior positions at the RNC.


Remaking the party in his image comes as Mr Trump needs the full weight of its infrastructure behind him in a general election rematch with President Joe Biden that is forecast to become the most expensive election in US history.


Polls show the two men locked in a statistical dead heat eight months out, but the Democrat has been on a record fundraising blitz since the start of the year and has roughly twice the cash reserves of his opponent.

[HarleyDog]

She's HOT!

[NATI BENGALS]

Wonder why the smarter kids are hiding in the shadows this go round? The ones who got that $2 billion from the saudis after holding official duties and being actual nepo hires in the White House while still making money on the side?

He was already blowing through appointments in his first term. I’m afraid to imagine the people he would have working around him if he gets another chance. He threw most of the ones that worked for him the last time under the bus already and/or they became never trumpers after witnessing the terrible leadership first hand.

Probably going to be guys like Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Eric and Jr, Tim Scott? A bunch of extremist maga candidates that lost their elections these last few years?

[GMDino]

(03-08-2024, 11:48 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: She's HOT!

You have said that about other women when it had no relevance to the story.  

If you'd like I'll post some photos in a different forum for you to gawk at?3

I'm not sure why you have to post that, but her physical appearance means less when it comes to this story than it does in general.

[GMDino]

(03-09-2024, 02:45 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Wonder why the smarter kids are hiding in the shadows this go round? The ones who got that $2 billion from the saudis after holding official duties and being actual nepo hires in the White House while still making money on the side?

He was already blowing through appointments in his first term. I’m afraid to imagine the people he would have working around him if he gets another chance. He threw most of the ones that worked for him the last time under the bus already and/or they became never trumpers after witnessing the terrible leadership first hand.

Probably going to be guys like Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Eric and Jr, Tim Scott? A bunch of extremist maga candidates that lost their elections these last few years?

Anyone who still supports him.  Anyone he feels "slighted" him is not welcome.  He's stated that publicly. 

[CKwi88]

Remember when the GOP was going to dump Trump when he lost the election?

[GMDino]

(03-09-2024, 10:46 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: Remember when the GOP was going to dump Trump when he lost the election?

Well, see, his taking over of the RNC is all the fault of the Democrats because...reasons. 

[*pally*]

Another Trump relation getting a job via nepotism. The fox is now in charge of the hen house. Hopefully, there will be outsiders paying attention to where the money goes and for what reasons.

Somehow, we all know that this will turn into another Trump family grift

[Luvnit2]

(03-09-2024, 01:49 PM)pally Wrote: Another Trump relation getting a job via nepotism.  The fox is now in charge of the hen house.  Hopefully, there will be outsiders paying attention to where the money goes and for what reasons.

Somehow, we all know that this will turn into another Trump family grift

This is Hilarius coming from a far left liberal whose President Biden's lived off nepotism and is still broke.

I suggest you do some research on Laura Trump prior to trashing her, she is highly successful on her own and I could see as a serious POTUS candidate someday. 

Why are all of you so deranged? Simple fact, Trump runs the GOP and has since 2016. The difference is Trump runs the GOP while Biden is run by the DNC because he is not capable to run anything. 

[GMDino]

(03-09-2024, 04:01 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: This is Hilarius coming from a far left liberal whose President Biden's lived off nepotism and is still broke.

I suggest you do some research on Laura Trump prior to trashing her, she is highly successful on her own and I could see as a serious POTUS candidate someday. 

Why are all of you so deranged? Simple fact, Trump runs the GOP and has since 2016. The difference is Trump runs the GOP while Biden is run by the DNC because he is not capable to run anything. 

See graduated college in 2005.  Worked in television for four years. spent almost two ears commentating for FOX, and married Eric Trump.

Clearly she should be heading the RNC!

[*pally*]

(03-09-2024, 04:01 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: This is Hilarius coming from a far left liberal whose President Biden's lived off nepotism and is still broke.

I suggest you do some research on Laura Trump prior to trashing her, she is highly successful on her own and I could see as a serious POTUS candidate someday. 

Why are all of you so deranged? Simple fact, Trump runs the GOP and has since 2016. The difference is Trump runs the GOP while Biden is run by the DNC because he is not capable to run anything. 

exactly, what other than having the last name of Trump qualifies her to be RNC Chair?

[HarleyDog]

(03-09-2024, 09:49 AM)GMDino Wrote: You have said that about other women when it had no relevance to the story.  

If you'd like I'll post some photos in a different forum for you to gawk at?3

I'm not sure why you have to post that, but her physical appearance means less when it comes to this story than it does in general.

[SunsetBengal]

(03-09-2024, 04:12 PM)GMDino Wrote: See graduated college in 2005.  Worked in television for four years. spent almost two ears commentating for FOX, and married Eric Trump.

Clearly she should be heading the RNC!

I'm not qualified to rule on that, but she sure is good looking! 

[GMDino]

(03-10-2024, 04:06 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm not qualified to rule on that, but she sure is good looking! 

Hmmm.  Seem Harley and you should chat.  Although I guess two mods saying it must mean its ok to derail threads. 

(Hope my response doesn't get deleted by you again. )

[Rotobeast]

(03-10-2024, 04:38 PM)GMDino Wrote: Hmmm.  Seem Harley and you should chat.  Although I guess two mods saying it must mean its ok to derail threads. 

(Hope my response doesn't get deleted by you again. )

But yeah... I don't think the whole mafia tactics of having "family" infiltrate every crevice of the system is a good idea.

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[SunsetBengal]

(03-10-2024, 04:38 PM)GMDino Wrote: Hmmm.  Seem Harley and you should chat.  Although I guess two mods saying it must mean its ok to derail threads. 

(Hope my response doesn't get deleted by you again. )

Who was derailing, I commented with my thoughts to the OP.

[Mike M (the other one)]

(03-10-2024, 04:06 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm not qualified to rule on that, but she sure is good looking! 

She's not manly enough looking for them, nor is she in the Kitchen!!!

Seems Dems are attacking GOP Women lately. 
I was hoping for Niki to win the primaries, but DJT too much. 

Would be funny as hell though if the GOP has the first Female POTUS.  

[SunsetBengal]

(03-10-2024, 06:31 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: She's not manly enough looking for them, nor is she in the Kitchen!!!

Seems Dems are attacking GOP Women lately. 
I was hoping for Niki to win the primaries, but DJT too much. 

Would be funny as hell though if the GOP has the first Female POTUS.  

Stop, before we get claims of 'teaming up' our likeminded points of view against the obviously correct one. 

[*Nately120*]

(03-10-2024, 04:06 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm not qualified to rule on that, but she sure is good looking! 

I feel like her toned arms and "strong jawline" would have conservatives running to joke about her maybe having a penis if she weren't so white and politically  appealing to them.  Just tossing that out there, if this ruffles feathers then 1A and all that. 

Anyways, she's going to make sure the RNC puts Trump first because god knows Trump doesn't already have that entire party by the nutsack as it is.

[SunsetBengal]

(03-10-2024, 06:42 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I feel like her toned arms and "strong jawline" would have conservatives running to joke about her maybe having a penis if she weren't so white and politically  appealing to them.  Just tossing that out there, if this ruffles feathers then 1A and all that. 

Anyways, she's going to make sure the RNC puts Trump first because god knows Trump doesn't already have that entire party by the nutsack as it is.

Nonsense, I love a strong woman that isn't afraid to push mow the hillside.