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NBC News is already planning to drop ex-RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor following backlash from inside the network, reports claim. The former top Republican has responded by seeking legal representation after the sudden ousting, as reported by Puck News. It comes after the network's top political analyst Chuck Todd erupted into an on-air rant about McDaniel's hiring, particularly taking issue with her support for Donald Trump's false 2020 election fraud claims.

An old journalism axiom says that if everyone’s mad at you, you must be doing something right. Since NBC announced that it had hired Ronna McDaniel, the recently deposed chair of the Republican National Committee, as a paid contributor, everyone’s been mad. NBC executives are sure to be consoling themselves that they’re doing something right. It’s just hard to see what.

It wasn't enough for Mika Brzezinski to declare that Ronna McDaniel would never darken Morning Joe's doorway. On today's episode, Mika, on behalf of the show, called on NBC to fire McDaniel. Or as Mika couched it, "we hope NBC will reconsider its decision," to have hired former RNC chair McDaniel as a political commentator. MIKA: To be clear, we believe NBC News should seek out conservative Republican voices to provide balance in their election coverage. But it should be conservative Republicans, not a person who used her position of power to be an anti-democracy election denier. And we hope...

Former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has been hired as an on-air contributor at NBC News — and Chuck Todd had some harsh words for his bosses about it while live on Meet the Press. McDaniel appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday for a highly contentious interview with Kristen Welker. Moments after the interview concluded, Todd told Welker, “I think our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation.” Todd then went fully scorched earth on his network. “She is now a paid contributor by NBC news,” Todd said. “I have no idea whether any...

Former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has come out against former President Trump’s promise to free the January 6 prisoners. McDaniel voiced her opposition during a Sunday interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” — the network where she is now a paid contributor. “I want to be very clear. The violence that happened on January 6 is unacceptable. It doesn’t represent our country. It certainly does not represent my party,” McDaniel told interviewer and co-worker Kristen Welker. “If you attacked our Capitol and you have been abused and you’ve been convicted, then that should stay,” McDaniel continued. McDaniel said...

Former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has reportedly been banned from appearing on MSNBC after her hiring as an NBC News contributor caused turmoil in the left-leaning network's newsroom

NBC raised eyebrows Friday when it announced that former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will join the network as an on-air contributor. McDaniel, who stepped down from the RNC at the start of this month, will provide conservative political analysis on NBC and its affiliate MSNBC. She makes her on-air debut on Sunday. NBC News political coverage chief Carrie Budoff Brown explained that McDaniel was chosen because she can provide “an insider’s perspective on national politics and the future of the Republican Party.” That insider knowledge is apparently enough for NBC to overlook the rest of McDaniel’s history. Although...

Ronna McDaniel, the former head of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will join NBC News as a contributor. McDaniel will appear on “Meet The Press” this Sunday, giving her first interview since resigning as head of the RNC earlier this year. McDaniel is expected to be featured as part of election coverage on NBC and on the network’s sister cable channel, MSNBC. “It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” Carrie Budoff Brown, who leads political coverage at NBC, wrote in a memo shared with The New York Times. McDaniel became RNC...

There’s plenty of bad news about the Republican campaign in 2024, and I’ve covered it in detail, but objectivity requires that one correctly assess what is going right too, and there’s a lot going right for Republicans right now. First and foremost, there is the massive change at the Republican National Committee with the firing of the utterly useless Ronna McDaniel and the elevation of Michael Whatley and Lara Trump. Next, Donald Trump is in a position where it looks like he is likely to win the presidency if current trends continue…that’s one heck of an if. And, finally, we...

On Friday, the Republican National Committee held a meeting in Houston, Texas to decide who would replace outgoing Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. The 168 delegates voted to entrust the leadership of the party to Trump-endorsed Michael Whatley and Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump as RNC co-chair. Both Whatley and Lara Trump were elected unanimously to their positions. McDaniel, who tearfully said goodbye to the RNC delegates during the spring meeting, explained last month that she would be stepping down following the South Carolina primary in order to allow the presumptive GOP nominee to select a RNC delegation for the...

RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has resigned from her position leading the Republican party and her successors have already been named. As expected, Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, has been named as co-chair of the Republican National Committee. She replaces Drew McKissick, while North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whately takes over for McDaniel. Whatley was also nominated by the former president, whose views Whatley shares when it comes to beliefs that there was voter fraud in the 2020 election..

Former President Donald J. Trump has soundly defeated former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Michigan’s Feb. 27 Republican presidential primary, notching his sixth-straight primary victory as he marches towards the GOP nomination.The Associated Press called the race for Trump right after the last polls closed at 9 p.m. ET.The result is another blow to Ms. Haley, coming days after a double-digit defeat in her home state of South Carolina. Despite this, she has vowed to stay on through Super Tuesday on March 5, when numerous delegate-heavy states will hold their primaries.Ms. Haley campaigned in Michigan on Sunday and Monday...

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign slammed two draft resolutions *** The first resolution would mandate the RNC remain neutral in the nominating contest until he secures the necessary 1,215 delegates, while the second would ensure the party doesn’t foot his legal bills.“The primary is over and it is the RNC’s sole responsibility to defeat Joe Biden and win back the White House,” senior Trump campaign adviser Chris LaCivita said in a statement. *** Trump is also pushing for his daughter-in-law Lara Trump to serve as party co-chair, and North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as the...

He made the announcement on Monday. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Michael Whatley as Republican National Committee chair and his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as co-chair. The news comes as Ronna McDaniel, the current chair of the Republican National Committee, and Trump have discussed the possibility of her resigning, according to multiple people familiar with their conversation. However, the RNC issued its own statement following Trump’s endorsement of new party leadership with a statement that Chairwoman McDaniel would not step down from her post or announce future plans until after the South Carolina GOP primary on Feb. 24.

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will reportedly leave the post at the end of this month. The New York Times reported Tuesday evening that Ms. McDaniel had told former President Donald Trump that she will leave shortly after the Feb. 24 South Carolina presidential primary. The Times cited “two people familiar with the plans.” According to the Times. Ms. McDaniel will be replaced by Michael Whatley, chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, at Mr. Trump’s behest.

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Peace breeds prosperity, and prosperity gives way to indulgence and decadence; there’s no greater display of that reality than the one seen when you observe the antics and behaviors of the Self-Imagined Elites of the American political class running our country into the ground.The idea that you live within your means and exercise fiscal responsibility, especially when you’re dealing with other people’s money, should not be controversial. And, it’s certainly not a lot to ask of people who masquerade as our representatives, ostensibly in service to the public, and claim to be looking out for the general welfare of the...

Laura Loomer On Why Ronna McDaniel May Step Down In The Near Future: “She Knows That She’s Done” (2 minute audio in the link below)https://twitter.com/gc22gc/status/1752181358431281366

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel effectively declared Donald Trump the GOP’s presumptive nominee as she urged Nikki Haley to end her presidential campaign. McDaniel joined Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum on Tuesday night to talk about Trump’s New Hampshire primary victory, and how it narrows Haley’s chances of rivaling the former president for the nomination. Haley declared her intent to keep her campaign going despite the loss. Yet McDaniel determined that the primary was a done deal and that the former South Carolina governor should start falling in line behind Trump. I’m looking at the math and...