Ronna McDaniel Wins Fourth Term as RNC Chair
Ronna McDaniel Wins Fourth Term as RNC Chair
Despite overseeing three consecutive failed election cycles
What You May Have Missed
Ronna McDaniel won a fourth term as Republican National Committee chair at the RNC Winter Meeting in California, making her the first RNC chief to serve more than six years since boss Mark Hanna more than a century ago. McDaniel received 111 votes to Harmeet Dhillon’s 51, with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell capturing four votes, and ex-Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) getting one write-in vote.
The RNC also voted to condemn Donald Trump dinner guests Ye and Nick Fuentes.
A Katie Porter-Adam Schiff California Senate primary race is already a clash of Democrats with national followings. But with Barbara Lee close to getting in, and Ro Khanna also weighing a run, it could turn into an all-out brawl.
The Albany Times Union calls out Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), a member of the House GOP leadership, for not joining fellow New York Republicans in condemning Rep. George Santos (R-NY). Meanwhile, Santos’s fellow Long Island freshman colleague Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) says Santos is a “totally untrustworthy individual” and a pariah among the Empire State delegation.
The Federal Election Commission is following Santos’s money — which still doesn’t add up.
Big Peach, Big Shoulders, or Big Apple? Atlanta, Chicago, and New York appear to be the top contenders to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Of the three, only Atlanta is in a swing state.
Though Vladimir Putin expects the war in Ukraine to continue for years, Trump says it would be “easy” to end the it — but says offering tanks to Kyiv would lead to nuclear war.
Extra Links
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with Donald Trump Jr. today and was a guest on his new podcast.
It turns out those conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi were very, very wrong.
Rep. George Santos’ (R-NY) ex-boyfriend says the freshman congressman is a serial liar and will never resign because “his ego is too big.” His campaign biography shows his evolution of lies.
Lawmaker who scammed his way into the House of Representatives by pretending to be the Jewish grandson of Holocaust refugees gave a speech on antisemitism.
Elon Musk met today with House Judiciary chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY).
High earning men are cutting back their work hours.
New Yorkers never came “flooding back” after the pandemic, so why are rents skyrocketing?
More Americans now live under a unified Democratic state government than a unified Republican one.
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It’s just pure disgusting 🤮 & disrespectful that Santos was allowed to go on the House floor. Especially given this part of his history: https://patch.com/new-york/glencove/george-santos-posted-deeply-offensive-comment-hitler-jews