Bloodbath at RNC: Trump team slashes staff at committee

[brooklynite]

Politico

Donald Trump’s newly installed leadership team at the Republican National Committee on Monday began the process of pushing out dozens of officials, according to two people close to the Trump campaign and the RNC.

All told, the expectation is that more than 60 RNC staffers who work across the political, communications and data departments will be let go. Those being asked to resign include five members of the senior staff, though the names were not made public. Additionally, some vendor contracts are expected to be cut.

In a letter to some political and data staff, Sean Cairncross, the RNC’s new chief operating officer, said that the new committee leadership was “in the process of evaluating the organization and staff to ensure the building is aligned” with its vision. “During this process, certain staff are being asked to resign and reapply for a position on the team.”

The overhaul is aimed at cutting, what one of the people described as, “bureaucracy” at the RNC. But the move also underscores the swiftness with which Trump’s operation is moving to take over the Republican Party’s operations after the former president all but clinched the party’s presidential nomination last week.

[cilla4progress]

1. I'm certain he will replace them with

altogether now...

"Only the best..." 🙄

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. I assume he wont replace them, he wants those salaries. I hope he takes every penny the rnc has, I hope

he and his disgusting family members refuse to give any money to other candidates.


BTW does anybody know is it legal for the rnc to hand money to trump for any reason let alone his defense costs? They can only spend it on the campaign, I thought.

[brer cat]

14. I think you are exactly right, Eliot.

[bdamomma]

16. Another

grift for the Trump Crime Family.

[V850i]

26. This and...

I do think they will also hire other grifting family members are super high salaries.

[OMGWTF]

47. Just guessing Lara Trump will be getting a big fat raise as the RNC co-chair.

Especially since Ewwwwick now has to pay $4M for fraud.

ETTD

[Eliot Rosewater]

86. Good point, It will be right out in front of us all and the media will barely mention it

and the idiot followers will continue to give him their money.

[Buckeyeblue]

29. Trump is in charge. They'll spend the money how he sees fit, legal or not

But we all know the RNC will be penniless and riddled with debt by November.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

54. Unless it becomes a Saudi / Russo laundromat.

[SouthernDem4ever]

60. Very good point

[getagrip_already]

32. At this point, i have to believe they have said to hell with charges

They can't possibly charge us for every law we break so we might as well break them all.

It's kind of like a lifer in prison. Wtf else are you going to do to them?

So they are just going to break every law they run across, without fear. Because sure as shit merrick garland isn't bringing more charges anyway.

[NanaCat]

63. Except that even in prison

A lifer still has reasons not to break laws. Privileges that make their life better inside, like staying out of solitary confinement, being able to phone and have in-person visits with loved ones, being able to use computers and libraries, having access to a TV/radio, and so on.

Just because they're in prison doesn't mean they don't have reasons to follow rules.

[Eliot Rosewater]

87. Not against republicans, anyway...

too bad criticizing him wasnt done much earlier on and louder, maybe we would have a trial by now and not be faced with likely extinction... But as anyone around here can attest to, you didnt dare.

[Justice matters.]

41. Rules and Laws don't apply to orange hitler...

the maga party's "chosen one" seems to be above the law(s).

[Eliot Rosewater]

90. Yes, and because he was able to pack the courts with people who have no interest in the law

or justice but simply want power alongside a dictator.

Too bad so many in 2016 had to "hold their noses" if they voted for Hillary and made sure everybody knew about it.


And no (not talking to anyone here) voting for her anyway isn't the point, the point is when you rag on someone constantly around friends and/or strangers, some of them will end up deciding there is no point in voting at all.

[Wednesdays]

92. That was my mother

My mom voted for every Democratic candidate for president since 1952, until the last election she was alive, in 2016.
When I asked why she wouldn't vote for Hillary, she just rolled her eyes and said she didn't think very highly of her.

Rather vague, but I think the M$M narrative got to her.

[NanaCat]

64. In this queue

I'll be amazed if the accounts aren't empty before the convention.

[ZonkerHarris]

77. how awesome would that be? :)

[aggiesal]

58. Yup, the 3 Steve's will infiltrate the RNC. Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller & Steve Mnuchin ...

[patphil]

67. Only the best Trump Scyophants.

Let the looting begin!

[Warpy]

78. he's going to replace the top with his relatives

and there will be no middle layer. He'll try to run the party like he ran his businesses, collecting all the money, not hiring anyone to do the actual work, and bankrupting them.

Fools with their money always seem to be lining up to be fleeced.

[maptap22]

2. They will have to swear loyalty

to diaper don and kiss his ring.
And I am not joking.

[Mr.Bill]

17. I think you might be wrong

about what they will be asked to kiss.

[DFW]

3. Maybe they can hire some "great guys"

Like Argentina, Moldova and Nambia.

[Drum]

4. Just leopards eating faces...

[BootinUp]

5. Nothing about loyalty oaths?

[JoseBalow]

35. Shhh...

[GopherGal]

51. And NDAs

can't forget the NDAs when we're talking about TSF

[Deuxcents]

6. They want to reinvent the wheel at the RNC and we can guess what's going to happen

History usually repeats itself with this organization from Mar a Largo

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. Just funnel all the $$$ to me says the

orange clown. The family is in place to do just that. Will the real RNC please stand up? This has been a coup.

[NanaCat]

65. It is the real RNC

It's the logical outcome of all they've been doing since 1980.

[dweller]

8. Fewer witnesses

to the crimin’


✌🏻

[bdamomma]

18. Exactly.

And you would think there would be some pushback, but we have many cowards in our midst.

[central scrutinizer]

9. After they steal everything of value

And divert all the money to TSF’s legal bills, nothing will be left but a smoking crater. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving outfit.

[GoCubsGo]

11. They knew he was a snake when they let him in...

[OMGWTF]

52. One of the creepiest things I've ever seen is Trump reading that poem. It's about him.

He is the snake.

[rubbersole]

82. Putin is the snake.

TSF is the rattle.

[Stuart G]

70. Trump is a........."KILLER SNAKE" and.........until the Puke Party gets rid of him

(as I have said before)....the Pukes will NEVER WIN ANOTHER ELECTION. (EVER).........................

UNTIL THEY GET RID OF TRUMP.........

[Kennah]

12. I'm not a political operative, but political, communications and data departments seem critically important ...

... for a political campaign.

Good new!

[Bucky]

13. "Night of the Long Pink Slips"

Since there's no one around to pardon them for the knives version yet.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Less staff, more donation money to go to TSF and his relatives' pockets.

[Hassler]

19. Bring in the Chump bootlicker

[kimbutgar]

20. How stupid to fire the people who know how to do the work of raising money are thrown out!

I hope someone puts a virus in their mailing lists before they leave. But I’m happy because most of those maga cultists are not to bright and will crash and burn. Please proceed!

[SouthernDem4ever]

62. He's practicing for when he fires the FEC

[PortTack]

21. They think this means more money in tsf pocket...well guess what...it takes organization and skill to find ppl

Willing to donate. The rnc has already seen its donations dwindle, staff was probably the one thing they had going for them.

Such skill and leadership..never seen the likes of!

[slightlv]

28. While all the little maga donors are "important"

and money is, after all, still spendable money... I think the line of thought is it's not as important as those multi-millionaires and billionaires who are actually, truly funding *rumps campaign. They don't need all those little workers for these people. They're so well known and well connected, they come to *rump... *rump doesn't have to go to them. He has them throwing millions at him, just to keep their tax cuts coming, and to remake the country into their idealistic theocracy of servitude. Those "little magas" are going to find out just where they rank in magaville... and it ain't nearly as high up as they think it's gonna be! (LOL)

[Bev54]

34. I really think the RNC will be used for money laundering.

I hope the DOJ is keeping a close eye on them.

[PortTack]

46. Oh sure! They've lost their main money launderer the NRA.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

56. Maybe they already know some oligarchs in need of some laundry services.

[Aaeia]

22. Prelude

A graphic prelude to how he'll eviscerate America should he come to power again.

[MotownPgh]

27. Within days,

Trump will do the same to U.S. institutions, including the Supreme court, immediately upon taking office

[rubbersole]

81. Heritage Foundation project 2025.

They don't even try to hide it.

[keithbvadu2]

23. Trump's deep state is digging in deeper all the time.

[Dave says]

79. It's not (only) the money

He’ll replace quite a few with apparatchik more aligned with their criminal need to cheat in the next election.

[OnDoutside]

24. One would imagine that these are "normal" republicans

In the sense that they're not the magas and so some of the institutional knowledge is about to go out the door.

[niyad]

25. Snicker. You asked, aided, abd abetted, rnc. No tears here.

May a virus infect all the software, unrecoverable.

[0rganism]

30. This stench will linger long after TSF himself leaves politics

Never thought I'd say this about the infrastructure of the GOP, but the Trumps are inflicting deep institutional damage to the workings of American democracy. The push-and-pull between the major parties created a quasi-stable environment where both victor and opposition maintained interest in preserving the nation and its democratic underpinnings. Not anymore, though.

Now the entire Republican party constitutes a direct threat to democracy. It will need to be thoroughly crushed and flushed, or at least re-staffed, in its entirety, before our nation can credibly rebuild. We The People must show up in force in every election henceforth to grind down the current menace and prevent it from resurfacing in a generation. Our trusting, slothful neglect has led us to the predicament we now face, enabling a corrupt faction to seize control over many of the levers of government. It has to go, and quickly before it stinks up the place and spreads more than it already has.

[barbaraann]

31. Is Stalin his role model for the purge aspect of fascism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge

[JoseBalow]

43. There's nothing a double-nickel in the Gulag won't cure

short of a bullet to the back of the head in the Lubyanka basement

[Bev54]

33. So how long before the RNC declares bankruptcy?

[JoseBalow]

44. Maybe they'll hire Wayne LaPierre to save them!

[maxrandb]

36. Like the cokehead junior and gums said;

"We get all the money we need from Russia".

An entire major political party in the United States is a wholy owned subsidiary of the KGB.

BUT, President Biden is 81, right pollsters?

[NBachers]

37. Republican Bloodbath . . . Republican Bloodbath . . . Republican Bloodbath . . . Republican Bloodbath . . . Bloodbath

Straight outta the Hitler Guidebook

[Kid Berwyn]

38. Gee. I wonder who will lead the reorganized GQP?

[Blue Owl]

39. Fire them all and put the Bride of Gums in charge

Yeah, that'll show 'em....

[Marcuse]

40. Experienced and eager operatives willing to kick back. Resumes available upon request.

[Caliman73]

42. Never interfere when your enemy is making a mistake.

Not that the RNC has been great, but they are the national Republican committee with knowledge and access to the "ground game" in many states. If Trump manages this like he has any of his companies, this is good news for Democrats. He will replace competent people with lackeys and then wonder why there was not GOTV infrastructure.

Kind of like the Russian Army. Sure it looked great on paper but all the generals loyal to Putin were crooks who had a "grand army" on paper and pocketed the actual money for ammunition, equipment, and training.

[Freethinker65]

45. Ask no questions, play the part, and read the script (like Katie Britt) and

If you agree to hold campaign events at Trump properties and only use Trump approved venders and employ Trump approved staff, you might see some meager RNC campaign funds.

[Takket]

48. The Trojan horse has opened up, and the purge has begun

The GOP no longer exists. It is now the MAGA party. I'm surprised they have not officially announced the name change yet. The entire organization will now be rebranded in his image and employ only his loyalists, and every penny will pass through his hands.

The amazing thing: They don't even realize he is bringing about the death of the party. You think he's going to want to allocate advertising funds to Congressman Whoever from Middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma? His endorsement is all they need, and they are just losers if they don't win on their own!

[brewens]

49. Who being canned has some "insurance" they might be willing to share? They might not care to use it to keep

their jobs considering the situation, so what to do with what they have?

[nickster48]

50. We're really sorry.....

But you’re just not Nazi Enough…..!

[brewens]

53. The RNC is probably at least as sleazy as the NRA so probably needs purging, but Trump's people will

only make it worse.

I was hoping Don Jr. would be the NRA president by now. I thought it would be a perfect fit.

[chowder66]

55. Republicans, Welcome to your Nightmare.

[Botany]

57. Well as Nappy B. of France said, "when your ...

... enemy is committing suicide let them."

Not only will this take money away from other
candidates, voter turn out projects, and other
campaign tasks but it will kill fund raising too.
It will be nice to have the House, the Senate,
and the White House.

[Blue Idaho]

59. Gutting the operational core

Of a national political organization six months before a national election sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I see this as very good news indeed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

61. TFG has a ton of legal fees to pay

GOTV and other normal political efforts do not matter

[Scrivener7]

66. He needs is Russian operatives around him in this important time.

[AllaN01Bear]

68. the trump party.

[bsiebs]

69. Whatever he touches....dies....

[MerryBlooms]

71. Navalny any opposition within rnc. Papers, please!!

[hay rick]

72. This looks and smells like good news but...

it's a reminder of how dangerous this moment is in our history. We have a long-standing two-party tradition that has just been replaced by a one party vs. one man system. The downside risk is extraordinary.

[Ohio Joe]

73. Heh... Hilarious...

Burning down the pukes and stealing their money… And they are letting him, too funny

[ChicagoRonin]

74. Well we know this much . . .

The prescription drugs will be plentiful.

[Grokenstein]

75. Let him bleed 'em bone dry and leave them with no one in charge but his best idiots.

The ones with a little sense might rebuild a better party from the ashes.

[ZonkerHarris]

76. The grift is ON! Vendors get screwed, people get fired, all so Trump can funnel all the cash to himself or his lawyers

[usonian]

80. In a brilliant move, 5 employees will be left.

And “AI” will do all the work.

Operators (chatbots) are awaiting your call.

I wonder if the layoff notices read:

NOW GO HOME AND GET YOUR SHINE BOX.

[brush]

83. Republicans in disarray...I like it...all to pay trump's legal bills.

Way to go, repugs, 9 months before the election and you let trump pull this.

Woohoo.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

84. Lindsey Graham warned this would happen

But then he developed a taste for Trump rump

[NanaCat]

85. Next up

Moving the nominating convention to a TSF property!

[Ping Tung]

88. Will they be given a discount on Trump trading cards as severence pay?

And a Chump hat?

[mcar]

89. This is excellent news

TFG will take all the funds for himself and leave no money for downballot races.

[lostnfound]

91. We need zombie ads interspersed with golden calves

A heard of zombies with arms outstretched saying trump..trump…trump
Or maybe
Rump..rump…rump

Intermingled with images of a horde worshipping a golden calf

Repeat ad nauseum