On Monday evening, former President Donald Trump announced he is endorsing North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley, daughter-in-law Lara Trump, and campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita to lead the Republican National Committee (RNC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Michael has been with me from the beginning, has done a great job in his home state of North Carolina, and is committed to election integrity, which we must have to keep fraud out of our election, so it can\u2019t be stolen,” Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whatley has served as the North Carolina GOP chair since 2019. Whatley also serves as the general counsel for the Republican National Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rival Democratic National Committee reacted to the news with an email statement titled “Donald Trump Endorses Extreme Election Denier To Lead the RNC.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with endorsing Whatley for the top leadership position in the committee, Trump announced plans for his daughter-in-law Lara Trump to run as co-chair of the RNC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Lara is an extremely talented communicator and is dedicated to all that MAGA stands for,” the former president said. “She has told me she wants to accept this challenge and would be GREAT!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump also revealed that he had asked his senior adviser\u00a0Chris LaCivita\u00a0\u201cto assume the role of, in effect, Chief Operating Officer\u201d of the RNC, and that LaCivita would \u201cmanage the RNC\u2019s day-to-day operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis group of three is highly talented, battle-tested, and smart. They have my complete and total endorsement to lead the Republican National Committee,\u201d concluded Trump. \u201cEvery penny will be used properly. New Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former president also said the three individuals are “highly talented, battle-tested, and smart,” adding they have his “complete and total endorsement” to lead the RNC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Monday evening, former President Donald Trump announced he is endorsing North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley, daughter-in-law Lara Trump, and campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita to lead the Republican National Committee (RNC). “Michael has been with me from the beginning, has done a great job in his home state of North Carolina, and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1039,1037,1038,256,1032,254],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chris-lacivita","tag-lara-trump","tag-michael-whatley","tag-politics","tag-republican-national-committee","tag-ronna-mcdaniel"],"yoast_head":"\n