Donald Trump cemented his grip on the Republican National Committee on Friday after his daughter-in-law and another ally assumed top leadership posts amid a debate among members over whether the organization should help pay his legal bills.

RNC members meeting in Houston voted to appoint North Carolina Republican Party head Michael Whatley and Lara Trump as chair and co-chair of the organization, which will play a key role in marshaling voters and funds for the Nov. 5 general election.

The move comes after Trump swept the Super Tuesday primary contests, prompting Nikki Haley to drop out of the Republican race and all but assuring the former U.S. president will be the nominee and face off against President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

“The goal on November 5th is to win, and as my father-in-law says ‘bigly’,” Lara Trump said, promising that “every single penny of every dollar raised” would go toward the goal of winning the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate for Republicans.

  • Alteon@lemmy.world
    862·
    9 months ago

    How embarrassing for Republicans, that their party is being gutted from the inside by a poor, orange, dementia-ridden blow-hard. He’s stealing from their coffers to pay his debts and killing off the RNC to make room for the Trump Party.

    Really wonder how centrist Republicans feel about it. Abject horror? Or do you guys support it?

      • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
        391·
        9 months ago

        Regan is literally called a RINO. This is the reality we are in. Regan is too far left for the modern republican party.

            • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOP
              18·
              9 months ago

              There’s a passage in the Bible where Jesus states exactly what the most important rule is, and why. Yet too many Christians argue with it because it’s too easy (or too hard, for them) to follow.

              36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

              37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

              38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

              39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

              40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

              Matthew22: 36-40

              • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
                10·
                9 months ago

                Don’t forget about the giving your wealth away parts

                21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

                22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

                • treefrog@lemm.ee
                  8·
                  9 months ago

                  It’s easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven was always one of my favorites.

            • Maeve@kbin.social
              5·
              9 months ago

              If they find out most miracles were performed in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon? Ugly is going to be the ugliest we’ve seen, so far.

        • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
          6·
          9 months ago

          Possibly even right of Reagan there.

          Yet conservatives may be shocked to learn that their idol Reagan was once a union boss himself. Reagan was the only president in American history to have belonged to a union, the AFL-CIO affiliated Screen Actors Guild. And he even served six terms as president of the organized labor group. Additionally, Reagan was a staunch advocate for the collective bargaining rights of one of the world’s most famous and most influential trade unions, Poland’s Solidarity movement.

          -Ronald Reagan Called Union Membership ‘One Of The Most Elemental Human Rights

          • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
            61·
            9 months ago

            I don’t think that outweighs him firing the air traffic controllers for going on strike.

            • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
              61·
              9 months ago

              Reagan was the fucking worst asshead politician of my lifetime. Just god awful. And him firing the air traffic controllers was shitty. But that was on that shitty union. I’m saying that as a very pro-union person, who worked for a couple of decades for a union. That doesn’t mean there aren’t shitty unions out there.

              • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOP
                2·
                9 months ago

                I remember seeing something a few years back that said all of the American rich dudes wanted Reagan as POTUS because he was a great public figure head that could be manipulated with “bribes” and the simple act of rubbing elbows with them on occasion.

                Essentially he was easily placated and a good soldier to do their bidding.

          • stoly@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 months ago

            I know about this. He is the worst kind of person: he got his and then made it to away for the rest.