Adding fuel to the fire, a growing number within the party are stepping up to challenge McDaniel's reign. To crank up the heat even more, the presidential front-runner, Trump, is dropping not-so-subtle hints that it might be time for Ronna to start clearing out her desk.
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Trump on Ronna McDaniel at RNC: There will probably be some changes made pic.twitter.com/nS6y6BZtTB
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 4, 2024
From Red State:
The RNC is having its ass handed to it by the DNC in fundraising. In 2023, the RNC raised $87.2 million and finished with $8 million cash. That is the worst performance since 2013 and exponentially worse than any pre-presidential election year fundraising in the last 20 years. The DNC raised $119 million and had $21 million cash on hand.
As RedState has documented, the problems at Ronna McDaniel's RNC are more than moribund fundraising. Under McDaniel, the RNC did not play in Virginia's hugely important 2023 election, leaving viable candidates high and dry.
While McDaniel might not be breaking records at raising money, she's shown a talent for spending it. RedState's managing editor, Jennifer Van Laar, has documented the mismanagement and lack of focus on winning elections. For instance, the RNC shut down 75 percent of its Hispanic outreach centers, effectively ceding a critical demographic in some swing states to the Democrats. At the end of 2022, the RNC operated "nearly two dozen Hispanic Outreach Centers" with the intent of making them permanent community fixtures. Only five remain.