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brooklynite

(93,834 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 05:36 PM Jan 2023

Ronna McDaniel quells revolt to win reelection as chair of fractured RNC

Source: Washington Post

DANA POINT, Calif. — The Republican National Committee on Friday voted to reelect Ronna McDaniel to a fourth two-year term as party chair, opting not to punish her for the GOP’s recent string of electoral defeats.

McDaniel fended off a challenge from Harmeet Dhillon, a California lawyer who has represented former president Donald Trump and the unsuccessful Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, seizing on grass-roots furor demanding new leadership. McDaniel positioned herself as a steady hand and honest broker who can hold together the party’s factions and continue building out the RNC’s financial and field resources. She prevailed on the first ballot, 111-51.

McDaniel argued that the RNC did its job in the midterms by providing the infrastructure for turning out voters. She acknowledged that the party struggled with its nominees — a problem that many Republicans have attributed to influence of Trump, though McDaniel didn’t address the former president in her remarks on Friday morning.

“The RNC, we don’t get to pick the candidates, the voters do,” McDaniel said. “We don’t get to call the plays, we don’t get to say what the campaigns run on. But we do provide resoureces and we build a critical infrastructure to help candidates win.” McDaniel said Republicans won the popular vote by 4 million, equivalent to 297 Electoral College votes, and made inroads with minority voters.



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Ronna McDaniel quells revolt to win reelection as chair of fractured RNC (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2023 OP
If the Pillow fool had been elected we might have seen the RNC go down in flames, dammit. Thomas Hurt Jan 2023 #1
Somehow... rubbersole Jan 2023 #3
Patience. A slow fire means we get to eat more hot dogs. Kennah Jan 2023 #4
Ronna McDaniel has her own supplies of lighter fluid and matches. nt Gore1FL Jan 2023 #5
Books don't burn themselves. czarjak Jan 2023 #18
Republicans in disarray IronLionZion Jan 2023 #2
I hear the election was rigged Zorro Jan 2023 #6
Well looks like God DUMPED him again! bluestarone Jan 2023 #7
Will Lindell remand a recount? ironflange Jan 2023 #8
Call The Cyber Ninjas! Check The Ballots For Bamboo Fibers! nt smb Jan 2023 #23
"Thank you, sir! May I have another!?" Ha! nt MustBeTheBooz Jan 2023 #9
Makes you wonder what she agreed to do. Pretty deplorable. Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #10
TRE45ON needs more help from Ronna to pay his increasing legal bills. NCjack Jan 2023 #20
Sounds right. Cash cow revenue stream Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #22
wonder if the cost was as high as Kevins speaker ship republianmushroom Jan 2023 #11
She's awful, she was just fortunate in her chief adversary Warpy Jan 2023 #12
"She acknowledged that the party struggled with its nominees" keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #13
One More Brick In the Wall... Ford_Prefect Jan 2023 #14
And Miser Ronna peppertree Jan 2023 #15
McDaniel is Mitt Romney's niece Raine Jan 2023 #16
Ronna gave up using the family name in order to kiss Trump's ass. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author czarjak Jan 2023 #17
Ronna McDaniel isn't exactly anti-Chump FakeNoose Jan 2023 #19

rubbersole

(6,518 posts)
3. Somehow...
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 06:06 PM
Jan 2023

I think we might get to see the RNC go down in flames anyway. Lindell 'has the evidence '. Will be sharing it with the American public on Monday. Just which Monday? isn't clear.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
12. She's awful, she was just fortunate in her chief adversary
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 09:20 PM
Jan 2023

Mike Lindell is regarded as a clown by everybody but the lunatics.

keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
13. "She acknowledged that the party struggled with its nominees"
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 09:37 PM
Jan 2023

"She acknowledged that the party struggled with its nominees"

Wonder if Kari Lake disagreed with that one?

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