The GOP's broader reckoning over former President Donald Trump — and a dispiriting midterm cycle — has ignited a firestorm at the Republican National Committee.
December 9, 2022, 2:00 PMRepublican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks during a campaign rally for Georgia Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker on December 5, 2022 in Kennesaw, Georgia.The GOP's broader reckoning over former President Donald Trump and a dispiriting midterm cycle has ignited a firestorm at a Republican National Committee gearing up for a fierce race for its chairmanship and a possibly hostile presidential primary.
Lamentations over the midterms, which saw Republicans only narrowly flip the House and fail to take the Senate despite sky-high expectations, are manifesting into a review chaired by RNC members Henry Barbour of Mississippi and Harmeet Dhillon of California, who both have extensive ties throughout the committee and broader party. The two are being tasked with examining party mechanics during the 2022 cycle.
"We are determined to have a brutally honest review. We need to figure out what worked, what didn’t, and the best path forward to winning big in '24," Barbour said. "Losing is unacceptable." Attorney Harmeet Dhillon California's national committeewoman for the Republican National Committee poses for a photograph at her office in San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 20, 2017."She's likely to be reelected, but she will probably face her first opponent after serving six years as RNC chair," one RNC member, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal affairs, said before Dhillon launched her bid.
Still, McDaniel supporters said that they anticipate that declared support for her is too high a hurdle for challengers to clear. The RNC has already ceased paying some of Trump's legal fees, and members forecasted that a crowded field would make it easier for it to stay out of the primary.
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