Trump's RNC takeover triggers strife and staff exits as purge partly backfires
Source: The Guardian
Mon 8 Apr 2024 06.00 EDT
Donald Trumps allies installed to run the Republican National Committee have faced a tumultuous first month in charge, buffeted by staffing problems and operational headaches as they attempt to bring the party apparatus under the control of the Trump campaign before the 2024 election.
The internal strife at the RNC has prompted the Trump campaign to privately admonish its new leaders in recent weeks. And the move to orchestrate a purge may have partly backfired with far-reaching consequences for the RNC, multiple sources familiar with the matter said.
The Trump takeover of the RNC arrived with a show of force just days after the new chair, Michael Whatley, and the new co-chair Lara Trump were elected, when emails went out to entire teams at the organization informing them they could resign and reapply for their jobs, or be terminated. The idea was to ensure there would be no overlap between the RNC and the Trump campaign, which already had robust political and communications teams, and to weed out any staffers who were not fully committed to Trump and the wider Maga movement.
But the threats of termination and the rumored loyalty tests which turned out to be accurate when staffers were asked in job interviews if they thought the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, though there has been no evidence of election fraud may have been too aggressive. In the weeks that followed, although the new RNC leadership quietly extended offers to a majority of former staffers, with the exception of those who worked in the RNC political department, some staffers on crucial teams declined to return, the sources said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/08/rnc-trump-takeover-republican-strife
Lovie777
(12,482 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,048 posts)underpants
(183,165 posts)🤔
Joe Cool
(758 posts)underpants
(183,165 posts)According to campaign head Jason Miller 👀
Project 2025 personnel being vetted by McAtee
and leaving the prospect open for Jared to be Secretary of State
Hekate
(91,182 posts)Some of the MAGAs are deeply stupid but others of his enablers are most assuredly not stupid.
tanyev
(42,721 posts)Although they may be initially mistaken for competence.
KPN
(15,695 posts)their organization, and doing it well.
tanyev
(42,721 posts)Passages
(260 posts)although the new RNC leadership quietly extended offers to a majority of former staffers, with the exception of those who worked in the RNC political department, some staffers on crucial teams declined to return, the sources said.
Botany
(70,700 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,632 posts)I'm happy to watch him destroy the RNC, he's doing us a favor.
jaxexpat
(6,910 posts)After all, what has the Republican party ever brought o the table except repression of progress and pointedly dishonest premise of purpose? Did I mention how they've always lied to get their way since 1878?
calimary
(81,645 posts)Dammit.
ShazzieB
(16,718 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 9, 2024, 12:32 AM - Edit history (2)
He's going to take it DOWN!!!
jaxexpat
(6,910 posts)louis-t
(23,322 posts)"Everything he touches...."
keopeli
(3,530 posts)Kennah
(14,386 posts)keopeli
(3,530 posts)keopeli
(3,530 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,164 posts)Just hope it leads to their downfall, and that the consequences of that action:
The situation means the RNC has been left without people with deep knowledge of election operations at the Republican partys central committee, and who were willing to work for salaries far lower than what they could earn in the private sector.
contributes to their downfall.
LiberalFighter
(51,563 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,563 posts)Maybe those financial problems will spread to other state parties.
BumRushDaShow
(130,394 posts)usually distributes some of the money to their state parties. But we know in this case where the money will be going instead!
We just need to be ready to GOTV to take advantage of them knee-capping themselves!
Eugene
(62,008 posts)MAGA is turning the Colorado GOP into a full-on fascist dumpster fire.
They want Bobo, even if the voters can't stand her.
The Massachusetts GOP just saw some high profile heads rolling.
Michigan and Arizona are already broke.
mwb970
(11,380 posts)Kennah
(14,386 posts)Gonna get my tickets for the IMAX 3D theater as soon as available.
IronLionZion
(45,704 posts)and they don't get Trump elected because they will absolutely destroy American institutions.
A badly broken RNC is great for us. The Trump Show can screw downticket GOP elections.
Republicans in disarray
pecosbob
(7,560 posts)pfitz59
(10,442 posts)deleting files and donor lists as well planting a few trojans in the servers. One can dream...
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