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Jan 12, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Republicans have done badly in three straight elections, but that has not stopped party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel from tripling her salary, to $400,000 a year, from the time she was hand-picked for the job by then-President Donald Trump.
Mar 27, 2024 · Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, who signed a $600,000 contract with NBC, is exploring legal options after being fired two days after her debut on "Meet the Press". She is represented by Bryan Freedman, who has represented other media stars in disputes with their former networks.
Jan 26, 2023 · The salary for Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has nearly doubled during her six-year tenure on the job, despite series of losses for the GOP. McDaniel is facing a challenge for reelection as RNC chairwoman after a lackluster showing by the GOP in the 2022 midterm elections.
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Feb 21, 2020 · Richard Walters, the RNC chief of staff, received a salary of $238,266 from the party in 2019, but also got $135,000 through a company he created in 2018. The RNC obscured the payment, which violated FEC reporting rules, according to a former FEC general counsel.
- 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...
Mar 27, 2024 · Former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is seeking the full payment from her two-year contract with NBC—reported to be $600,000 total—after the network dropped her as a...
Jan 26, 2023 · McDaniel's salary for her first year was $122,582, which increased to $146,048 in 2018 and $285,498 in 2019, according to Federal Election Commission reports. McDaniel was paid $410,640 in 2020, when the GOP lost both the White House and Senate.
