According to a New York Post report, the RNC has officially elected new leadership as outgoing Chair Ronna McDaniel officially passes the torch; Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina Republican Party, was elected unanimously as the new chairman. Lara Trump was elected co-chair.
From The New York Post:
In her goodbye remarks, McDaniel wept as she recounted the support her husband Patrick has given her throughout her long reign before endorsing Whatley and Trump as chair and co-chair.
“President Trump deserves to have the change in place he wants in place at the RNC,” McDaniel said, after announcing the 77-year-old as the presumptive Republican nominee and asking for those in agreement for “yeas” — and refusing to ask for “nays.”
“I will do everything possible to re-elect President Trump in November,” she said. “And I ask all of you out there who worked so hard during this primary season or supported another candidate, that you come in and join me in supporting our president as well.”
The RNC typically holds multi-day meetings, but the election to replace McDaniel was held in the space of one morning. There were just 38 proxies present at the meeting, coming in as substitutes for RNC members who couldn’t make the event that was announced just over a week before.
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Ronna McDaniel officially resigns as RNC chair. pic.twitter.com/49mX3kumAp
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