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Feb 8, 2022 · Tue 8 Feb 2022 07.24 EST. Mitt Romney and his niece, Ronna McDaniel, exchanged texts after the Republican National Committee she chairs called Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his...
- Election as Chair
- Fundraising Efforts
- LGBT Rights
- Support For Trump
- False Claims of Fraud in The 2020 Election
- Campaign Donations Controversies
- Other Controversies
On November 13, 2016, Reince Priebus, chairman of the RNC, was announced as the new White House Chief of Staff, thereby turning the RNC chairman election into an open seat election. Soon afterward, several candidates were reported as likely to seek the position, including McDaniel. On December 14, 2016, McDaniel was chosen by then president-elect T...
In 2018, McDaniel spent up to six hours daily calling donors. Under McDaniel's leadership, the RNC had what The Washington Post described as "a huge financial edge heading into the 2018 midterm elections". As of January 2018, the RNC had almost $40 million banked while the Democratic National Committee had $6.3 million. As of July 17, the Republica...
In 2021, McDaniel issued a statement supporting and celebrating LGBT Pride Month, but she did not issue a similar statement in 2022 and 2023 following backlash from social conservatives. McDaniel had also announced the creation of the RNC Pride Coalition in coordination with the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of LGBTQ Republicans. Following the bac...
The New York Times described McDaniel as "unfailingly loyal to Trump". According to a 2018 study in The Journal of Politics, under her leadership the RNC has sought to consistently promote Trump and his policies. This includes running ads for Trump's 2020 campaign as early as in 2018, putting a considerable number of Trump campaign workers and affi...
By May 2020, the RNC had allocated $20 million to oppose Democratic lawsuits to make voting easier during the coronavirus pandemic, in particular expanding vote-by-mail to states that had not adopted it previously. McDaniel accused Democrats of trying to "destroy" and "assault" the integrity of elections. McDaniel said, "a national vote by mail sys...
In October 2017 after Harvey Weinstein, a major donor to the Democratic Party, was accused of sexual abuse, McDaniel said that "returning Weinstein's dirty money should be a no-brainer"; the Democratic Party did give away some of Weinstein's contributions. In January 2018, Steve Wynn resigned as RNC finance chairman after he was accused of sexual m...
Under McDaniel's leadership, the RNC set up a website in April 2018 which attacked and sought to undermine former FBI Director James Comey and called him "Lyin' Comey".McDaniel said Comey was a liar and a leaker, and said that the RNC would "make sure the American people understand why he has no one but himself to blame for his complete lack of cre...
- Patrick McDaniel
Sep 20, 2023 · From February 2020: “Ronna McDaniel Stands With Trump After Uncle Mitt Says He’ll Vote to Convict.” That was when Romney, alone among Senate Republicans, deemed Trump culpable in the...
WASHINGTON—Ronna McDaniel stayed on former President Donald Trump’s good side longer than most. But on Friday, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee since 2017 will step...
Feb 7, 2024 · Previously Ronna Romney McDaniel, she reportedly dropped her maiden name “Romney” at Trump’s request — the ex-president having clashed with her uncle Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) in the past.
Jan 27, 2023 · Trump Puts Ronna Romney McDaniel In Line To Be Next RNC Chairwoman. "I think we need a change. I think we need to get some new blood in the RNC," DeSantis said in an interview with Florida's...
Nov 19, 2021 · Politics. Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel admits Biden beat Trump for the first time: 'Yeah, he's the president. It sucks' Eliza Relman. Nov 19, 2021, 7:25 AM PST. Then-US...
