NBC News recently announced that Ronna McDaniel, who resigned from her position as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee ( RNC ) earlier this month, will be joining the network as an on- air contributor.
As a result of this selection, NBC’s group of political commentators today includes a message that is known as a Democrat advocate. MSNBC is NBC’s wire cousin and a system that original President Donald Trump has often accused of being supportive of the Democratic Party. Ms. McDaniel is also expected to contribute opinions on MSNBC.
” It could n’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team”, Carrie Budoff Brown, who oversees NBC News political coverage, wrote in a memo. She went on to put that Ms. McDaniel did offer” an insider’s view on federal politicians and the future of the Republican Party”.
Former NBC News” Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd criticized his network on March 24 for hiring Ms. McDaniel.
In an interview on his erstwhile present, Mr. Todd said McDaniel “has trust issues that she has to cope with: Is she speaking for herself or is she speaking on behalf of who is paying for her”?
Todd said some NBC editors are unpleasant with the hiring because some of their professional relations with the RNC during McDaniel’s career “have been met with deceiving, have been met with figure death”.
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Ms. McDaniel announced later in February that she would be leaving her post as RNC Chair on March 8.
Before her departure was actually accepted, the outgoing head delivered a passionate talk at the standard period of the RNC Spring Meeting on March 8 in Houston, Texas.  , She urged unification behind former President Trump and his following- term strategies for America.
Ms. McDaniel, referring to President Joe Biden as a “disaster” for America, argued that Republicans should join behind President Trump and his stated objectives. Those interests, she said, consist of combating prices, reversing President Biden’s “open edges” laws, and addressing the issue of violence.
The reason for her departure, she said, is that President Trump “deserves to have the staff he wants in position” at the head of the RNC, since he called for a management shakeup in late- February.
This address was delivered shortly after President Trump’s resounding victory in the Republican primaries that took place on Super Tuesday, March 5. The former president won 14 of the 15 Republican contests, putting him in a strong position to secure the great majority of the 865 convention delegates that were available.
The following day, former South Carolina governor and President Trump’s lone remaining Republican opponent, Nikki Haley, withdrew from the race, and the Republican National Committee officially recognized President Trump as their “presumptive” nominee for the 2024 presidential contest. He must officially have 1, 215 delegates in order to be nominated.
With President Trump’s Super Tuesday win solidifying his position as the presumed nominee, the leadership shakeup within the Republican National Committee became clear. Midway through February, President Trump demanded a shakeup at the Republican National Committee, suggesting that his daughter- in- law, Lara Trump, take over as co- chair and endorsing Michael Whatley for the position of chairman.
” The RNC MUST be a good partner in the presidential election. It must do the work we expect from the national party and do it flawlessly”, President Trump said in a statement at the time.
During the RNC’s meeting on March 8, Mr. Whatley—who was chair of the North Carolina Republican Party—was chosen to succeed Ms. McDaniel as chair, and Ms. Lara Trump was selected to serve as co- chair.
Ms. McDaniel concluded her remarks by saying,” President Trump deserves to have the team he wants in place at the RNC. When I made the decision to step aside, there was no one else I supported to be the next chair more than Michael Whatley”.
The Associated Press and Tom Ozimek contributed to this report.
