Trump keeps What­ley at Repub­li­can Nation­al Com­mit­tee fol­low­ing ‘OUTSTANDING and HISTORIC JOB’

Pres­i­dent-elect Trump on Wednes­day invit­ed Repub­li­can Nation­al Com­mit­tee chair Michael What­ley to con­tin­ue steer­ing the GOP’s nation­al par­ty com­mit­tee.

And What­ley quick­ly accept­ed, say­ing he is “hon­ored for the oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­tin­ue as Chair­man of the RNC and work non­stop to help Pres­i­dent Trump Make Amer­i­ca Great Again!”

The for­mer and future Repub­li­can pres­i­dent, point­ing to his con­vinc­ing White House vic­to­ry in last mon­th’s elec­tions, as well the GOP’s flip­ping of the Sen­ate and hold­ing onto its frag­ile House major­i­ty, said What­ley had done “an OUTSTANDING and HISTORIC JOB in run­ning” the RNC.

And Trump announced that “I have asked Michael to return as Chair­man of the RNC to con­tin­ue to build our Par­ty, and be a trust­ed part­ner as we Make Amer­i­ca Great Again, and ensure Free and Fair Elec­tion.”

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In March, as he clinched the 2024 GOP pres­i­den­tial nom­i­na­tion, Trump named What­ley to suc­ceed Ron­na McDaniel as RNC chair. What­ley, a long­time ally of the for­mer pres­i­dent and a major sup­port­er of the for­mer pres­i­den­t’s elec­tion integri­ty efforts, had served as RNC gen­er­al coun­sel and chair of the North Car­oli­na Repub­li­can Par­ty. Trump also named his daugh­ter-in-law Lara Trump as RNC co-chair.

After first win­ning the White House in 2016, Trump picked McDaniel to steer the nation­al par­ty com­mit­tee, and she became the longest serv­ing chair in mod­ern times. But ear­li­er this year, Trump essen­tial­ly pushed McDaniel out the door by repeat­ed­ly urg­ing changes at the com­mit­tee – after lack­lus­ter par­ty fundrais­ing and his oppo­si­tion to the RNC’s pres­i­den­tial pri­ma­ry debates.

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Trump, in his social media post, said What­ley “is a smart, tough lawyer who put togeth­er a com­plete­ly unprece­dent­ed ELECTION INTEGRITY OPERATION that pro­tect­ed the Vote all across Amer­i­ca, and a GET OUT THE VOTE CAMPAIGN that deliv­ered the Votes we need­ed in every Bat­tle­ground State.”

And he argued that “Michael and Lara trans­formed the RNC into a lean, focused, and pow­er­ful machine that will empow­er the Amer­i­ca First Agen­da for many years to come.”

Trump, whose immense grip over the GOP is stronger than ever, urged that “Repub­li­cans every­where should sup­port him [What­ley] as he con­tin­ues his mis­sion at the RNC.”

What­ley, respond­ing min­utes lat­er in a social media post, thanked Trump “for the trust he has placed in me to con­tin­ue our impor­tant work at the @GOP.”

“As long as I am Chair­man, the RNC’s pri­or­i­ties will remain the same: get out the vote, pro­tect the bal­lot, and raise the mon­ey we need to elect Repub­li­cans up and down the tick­et,” he pledged.

What­ley point­ed to the “cru­cial fights ahead,” which he said includ­ed “sup­port­ing Pres­i­dent Trump’s cab­i­net nom­i­nees and prepar­ing for the 2026 midterms, to our ongo­ing fight for elec­tion integri­ty across Amer­i­ca.”

But Trump, in last mon­th’s elec­tions, out­per­formed many down-bal­lot Repub­li­cans in key Sen­ate and House races. And the RNC, going for­ward, will need to work to ensure that Trump vot­ers con­tin­ue to sup­port the par­ty’s can­di­dates even though the term-lim­it­ed Trump won’t appear on the bal­lot ever again.