Tearful Ronna McDaniel hands RNC reins over to Lara Trump, Michael Whatley at Houston ‘coronation’

Lara Trump vowed the RNC would “work our hardest over the next eight months” and that Trump being up for re-election is about “the family” and “our country”


HOUSTON — Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina Republican Party, was elected unanimously as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee on Friday morning, a largely pre-determined outcome after outgoing chairwoman Ronna McDaniel formally resigned her post.

Whatley — who was backed by presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and was the only candidate running for chair — will replace McDaniel, who announced last month she would step down, at the suggestion of the 45th president, after seven years. ---More...

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