BREAKING: RNC picks a new Chair

It’s being reported that the RNC has now picked a new Chair to succeed Reince Priebus:

As you might have guessed, Ronna Romney McDaniel was the only one of the Romney’s to support Trump. Here’s what she recently told the Washington Times:

“There’s an exciting two years ahead of us,” Mrs. McDaniel said in an interview with The Washington Times. “Donald Trump has created a movement; my job is to keep momentum behind it, keep it growing for the 2018 challenge. I’m excited.”

Here’s more from the Washington Times:

Mrs. McDaniel gets credit for having Michigan back a Republican for president for the first time since 1988. Of course, she said, it helped that Mr. Trump bothered to visit Detroit and Flint and Hillary Clinton didn’t.

But then Mrs. McDaniel isn’t your grandfather’s kind of Republican.

“Ronna actually understands the new Trump coalition of culturally conservative populists,” said former Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis. “She’s shown the Trump coalition can win, and if in a presidential election you can win in Michigan as a Republican, you can win anywhere.”

How did Mrs. McDaniel help Mr. Trump get a half percentage point more votes than Mrs. Clinton in Michigan, which has been blue since 1988?

“We put together a ground game two years before — we had our Detroit office open three years before the election,” she said, adding that the state party also engaged blacks the right way — another Republican first if she can make it work nationally.

“We don’t just show up at election time; we’re there full time,” Mrs. McDaniel said.

And then here’s the kicker:

Mrs. McDaniel’s ascension to the throne of the Republican Party’s national governing body is really Mr. Priebus’ doing. The former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman has known her as a political go-getter in neighboring Michigan and as one of the 168 elected members of the RNC in her role as Michigan chairman.

So she’s not only a Reince Republican, but a Trump Republican too. Actually that’s a bit redundant, as the two are really one in the same.

I was really hoping Carly would get the nod for this post, but I guess I was being naive considering she wasn’t a loyal Trump supporter from the get-go.


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