Former RNC chair Michael Steele ripped Donald Trump supporters as “MAGA zombies,” the HuffPost reports.
Trump Is Strongest GOP Leader Standing
“A flurry of drama over the past week on and off Capitol Hill has made it clear that Republicans currently have just one dominant leader: Donald Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The former president, the party’s presumptive nominee for the third straight election, is asserting himself over Washington’s policy debates as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson struggle to manage their raucous conferences, and as colleagues publicly question their leadership abilities.”
The Week Trump Seized Unmatched Control of the GOP
“Donald Trump long ago bent the Republican Party to his will. But seldom has the sheer sweep of the former president’s dominance been laid bare more clearly than this week,” Politico reports.
“In one 72-hour span, Trump led the charge to crush a painstakingly negotiated border-security deal in Congress, pushed the Republican National Committee chair to the exits and, in Nevada, embarrassed his last remaining rival in the presidential primary.”
Ronna McDaniel Lasted Longer Than Most
“For seven tumultuous years, Ronna McDaniel accomplished a feat that eluded almost everyone else in Donald Trump’s orbit: She held on,” Politico reports.
“But the laws of gravity in modern Republican politics affect all, including RNC committee chairs. Trump sours on basically everyone.”
“The head of the Republican National Committee is expected to step down as chair this spring. Her decision brings to an end a rare four-term tenure that was both historic and a vivid example of the Republican Party’s metamorphosis.”
Ronna McDaniel Is Out
RNC chair Ronna McDaniel is planning to step down shortly after the South Carolina primary on Feb. 24, the New York Times reports.
Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, is then expected promote North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whatley as her replacement.
Under the arcana of the committee’s rules, however, Trump cannot simply install someone and a new election must take place.
Trump likes Whatley for one overwhelming reason: He is “a stop the steal guy,” as one person described him.
Trump Plans Takeover of the RNC
“Donald Trump’s campaign is quietly weighing options for how to reshuffle the Republican National Committee if, as expected, he becomes the GOP nominee — including options that both include and exclude the current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel,” NBC News reports.
“Trump’s political organization is considering a plan that would essentially set up two separate organizations: It would leave McDaniel as chairwoman, but she would essentially be a sort of figurehead. Meanwhile staffers closely aligned with Trump would also be installed and have significant power over party operations.”
“Under the plan, two Trump-picked co-chairs would be put in place — one to oversee fundraising and the other to oversee party operations.”
RNC’s Chief of Staff Steps Down
Republican National Committee chief of staff Mike Reed is set to step down from his role later this month, Politico reports.
Trump Meets with RNC Chair
Politico: “After the meeting, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that McDaniel was his ‘friend,’ but said he would be calling for changes to the committee following the South Carolina GOP primary on Feb. 24.”
Trump Floats Ousting RNC Chair
Donald Trump — in a stunning public rebuke of a longtime ally — suggested on Fox News today that Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel should get the boot, Axios reports.
Said Trump: “You have to understand, I have nothing to do with the RNC, I’m separate.”
He added: “I think she did great when she ran Michigan for me, I think she did OK initially in the RNC. I would say right now there will probably be some changes made.”
Will Trump Push RNC Chair Out?
New York Times: “One of the central questions on the sidelines of the Las Vegas gathering was if Ms. McDaniel, still the party chairwoman, would stay through the election, when her term ends. Mr. Trump first appointed Ms. McDaniel in 2016 and has long worked closely and directly with her.”
“In private, however, the former president has begun to question the RNC’s direction under her leadership, according to a person who has heard his remarks. For her part, Ms. McDaniel has indicated she would step aside if the Republican nominee prefers.”
Associated Press: The RNC chairwoman calls for unity as the party faces a cash crunch and attacks by some Trump allies.
RNC Off to a Very Weak Start
The Republican National Committee ended last year with $8 million on hand and nearly $2 million in debt — its weakest start to an election cycle in party chair Ronna McDaniel’s seven-year tenure, Fox News reports.
RNC to Meet Privately
“The Republican National Committee is meeting behind closed doors this week as some allies of Donald Trump had hoped to put the group’s stamp on the former president early in the 2024 GOP presidential nominating campaign,” the AP reports.
“But a proposed resolution to declare Trump the presumptive nominee has been removed from the agenda before the committee is scheduled to meet in Las Vegas this week.”
The GOP’s Ongoing Moral Surrender to Trump
Tom Nichols: “For years, Trump has attacked and obliterated anything like virtue in the Republican Party, a process that regularly features Republicans pulling their political souls from their bodies and handing them to Trump in jars for display on his mantle at Mar-a-Lago. (Ted Cruz going from the potential conscience of the 2016 GOP convention to a Trump-praising, phone-banking flunky is only one such example.)”
“But some of the less noticed enablers in the GOP are those who remain quiet in the face of Trump’s ghoulish attacks on others rather than risk Trump turning his ire—and his MAGA mob—on them. When challenged, they speak up only long enough to make excuses for Trump and engage in moral obfuscation over issues that they must certainly know are not remotely complicated, such as whether the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party should defame a woman he’s been found liable for sexually abusing.”
Nebraska GOP Didn’t Endorse Any Incumbents
“For the first time in their elected runs, none of Nebraska’s five-member, all-GOP congressional delegation received an endorsement from the Nebraska Republican Party,” the Nebraska Examiner reports.
“Instead, the party’s State Central Committee endorsed Republican challengers to three GOP incumbents… The central committee did not endorse candidates in the other two top federal races…”
“Tension has existed between the state party and its top elected officials since Nebraska GOP leadership changed hands in the summer of 2022, from party workers loyal to Ricketts to populists loyal to former President Donald Trump and some former insiders who wanted to diminish Ricketts’ influence over the party.”
RNC Moving to Declare Trump Its Presumptive Nominee
“The Republican National Committee is reviewing a draft resolution that, if approved, would declare Donald Trump the party’s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee even as Nikki Haley continues to wage a vigorous campaign against the former president and frontrunner,” The Dispatch reports.
“Under current RNC rules, Trump still has to win the requisite number of nominating convention delegates—1,215—to become the party’s unchallenged presumptive nominee… But passage of this resolution, possibly next week at the RNC winter meeting in Las Vegas, could begin a preemptive process of the national party working with the former president as if he had already done so.”
Michigan GOP Chair Was ‘Properly Removed’
The RNC said that Kristina Karamo was “properly removed” as chair of the Michigan Republican Party this month, Michigan Bridge reports.
But the national party is not yet recognizing Pete Hoekstra as the new state party chair despite a separate vote.
Arizona GOP Chair Resigns Over Leaked Audio
Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jeff DeWit is resigning — one day after an audio recording was released of DeWit appearing to try to nudge fellow Republican Kari Lake out of politics, KPNX reports.
The Party of Reagan Is Dead
Charlie Sykes: “The Party of Reagan is deceased, departed, demised, and no more. It’s Trump’s party; and the usual suspects are all stampeding to fall in line.”
“This herd mentality is worth noting for the moment: Before even a single vote was cast in a primary, Republicans rushed to declare their fealty to Trump and insist that the race was over. This required them to ignore (waves hands) all this, but if all of your friends — every one of them — are joining hands to jump off the cliff together, it’s so much easier.”
“The invertebrate thirst for company, because it gives them cover.”
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