In what will be bad news for any Republican candidate not named Trump, the former president has endorsed his daughter-in-law Lara Trump and campaign co-chair for RNC leadership positions.
Politico reported:
In addition to Whatley’s nod, Trump will also support Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, as RNC co-chair. Lara Trump has long been an on-air surrogate for the former president, and during the 2022 campaign she was briefly mentioned as a possible North Carolina Senate candidate.
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As part of his effort to restructure the RNC, Trump will also pick Chris LaCivita as the RNC’s chief operating officer, according to the GOP operative, who was granted anonymity to speak freely. LaCivita will also retain her role as co-campaign manager for the Trump campaign. The staffing changes will take effect once the new president takes office.
Trump has effectively controlled the RNC since he won the party’s presidential nomination in 2016. Over the years, he has pulled the strings as the RNC has acted as an arm of Trump’s political operation to the point that the RNC is paying the bills of Trump’s lawyers. .
This move is a disaster for a Republican Party that is swimming in debt and has several parties in swing states that are broke and dysfunctional. The purpose of adding Lara Trump as co-chair was to put the Republican Party firmly under Trump’s control.
Republican candidates not named Trump can probably forget about receiving funding or support from the national party. The Republican Party was already destroyed. Now the Trumps have come to bleed him dry.
Donald Trump does not understand foreign policy and his only goal seems to be to help Putin by sabotaging his own country.
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