Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, has launched her campaign to become the co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Trump is backing North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to succeed outgoing RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, and is installing his senior adviser, Chris LaCivita, as the committee’s chief operating officer.
The RNC will hold its leadership election on March 8 in Houston, where candidates for chair and co-chair will need to win a majority of support from the committee’s 168 members. Whatley and Lara Trump are expected to win easily, given their support from the former president, who is broadly popular among the committee’s members.
Lara Trump has outlined her vision for the committee, stating that the RNC should build and activate the most effective battleground state election integrity program Republicans have ever had to address the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen. She also stated that the committee should prioritize winning elections to ensure that they triumph in close races.
Trump’s moves to take over the RNC have met pushback within some corners of the party. RNC committee member Henry Barbour has introduced a pair of resolutions that would prevent the committee from being used to pay Trump’s legal bills and ensure that the committee is neutral until Trump has secured the necessary number of delegates to be the presumptive nominee.
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