Trump-backed leaders take helm at RNC, following McDaniel exit

By Lawrence Wilson | Epoch Times

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has elected new leadership endorsed by former President Donald Trump after Ronna McDaniel, the group’s longest-serving chair, stepped down on March 8.

Michael Whatley, chair of the North Carolina Republican Party whom President Trump endorsed last month to lead the RNC, was elected by a voice vote to succeed Ms. McDaniel at the committee’s spring meeting in Houston, Texas. He ran unopposed.

Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law who also ran unopposed, was elected co-chair by a voice vote.

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