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Current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says she has no plans to leave the committee until at least after South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary election.

Still, Trump is calling for McDaniel to be replaced by Michael Whatley, the North Carolina GOP chairman. The new co-chair, Trump said, should be his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This is amazing and they should definitely do it!
Trump has a knack for picking the most incompetent people for the most important jobs.
Mostly, because the "competence" he looks for in most jobs is how good they are at kissing his ass.

Now, I don't know if anyone else has noticed or not yet, but the closer someone is to Trump, the worse they will manage anything he puts them in control of.

Putting his daughter-in-law, someone at least as stupid as his kids as she was dumb enough to marry one of them, in charge of the RNC would be a gift to the Democrats!

If she gets the position here's what we can expect:

No one but Trump is getting any money, so no budget for Local, Senate, and House races.

Most of it will be sent straight into Trump's legal black hole to never be seen again.

A lot will go into Trump's personal bank account, as the party's money IS Trump's money.

She's crooked enough to be part of the family so she'll likely skim some off the top for herself.

She's likely not at all qualified for this position, so she's likely to pull even less money than the previous chair.

The widening of the funding gap between Trump and the rest of the party is likely to sow resentment against him with the Senate and House as their own campaign funding dries up.

It's obvious nepotism, but from this side of the aisle I can see no downside. Let her have the job.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 17 points 9 months ago

Gets even better. One way or another, Trump is not going to last another decade. He's too old and eats McDonald's hamburgers regularly. The nature of cults of personality is that they disintegrate as soon as the personality at its center is gone. Getting his claws even deeper into the GOP would only help bring the whole GOP down with him.

[–] Algaroth@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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