{"id":1030007,"date":"2024-03-08T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030007"},"modified":"2024-05-10T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T20:10:38","slug":"dnc-statement-on-lara-trump-being-elected-co-chair-of-the-rnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-lara-trump-being-elected-co-chair-of-the-rnc\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Lara Trump Being Elected Co-Chair of the RNC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Lara Trump being chosen as the new RNC co-chair, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLara Trump is a self-described \u2018ultra-MAGA\u2019 extremist who won\u2019t back down<\/a> from her position that at the RNC, she\u2019ll tell anyone who doesn\u2019t support Donald Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda to leave, rejecting roughly one-third of Republican<\/em> primary voters right out of the gate. Her new nepo title only ensures that the RNC will keep putting up disastrous fundraising numbers and continue to underperform in election after election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump endorsed his daughter-in-law Lara to be co-chair of the RNC as part of his attempt to complete a total MAGA rebrand of the Republican Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump endorses daughter-in-law Lara Trump for RNC co-chair\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump says she thinks GOP voters would like to see RNC pay Donald Trump\u2019s legal fees\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump says she\u2019d spend \u2018every single penny\u2019 of RNC funds to elect father-in-law\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump<\/a>: \u201cAnyone who is not on board with seeing Donald Trump as the 47th president and America-loving patriots all the way down the ticket being supported by the RNC is welcome to leave because we are not playing games.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump Promises to Use RNC to Complete MAGA Takeover of Party\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cSeveral senior Republican officials are concerned that Donald Trump\u2019s expected takeover of the RNC will ultimately pave the way for the committee to once again cover his legal bills.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump is a self-described \u201cultra-MAGA\u201d extremist whose record includes defending efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allan Smith, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump, embracing \u2018ultra-MAGA\u2019 label, says its \u2018nothing to be ashamed of\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump campaigned with far-right candidate and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump: Merkel\u2019s decision to welcome refugees was \u2018one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercury News<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump sparks fury, \u2018Marie Antoinette\u2019 comparisons for saying federal workers need to \u2018sacrifice\u2019 during shutdown\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump ahead of January 6<\/a>: \u201cWe want to make sure that if there is a contested vote, anybody who doesn\u2019t want to certify the votes for Joe Biden, that they get their chance to debate that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cLara Trump, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, and Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity attempted to blame the violence which occurred on January 6 on Nancy Pelosi\u2014in what are the latest incidents of false claims regarding the House Speaker by Republicans in the wake of the attack. <\/strong>On Wednesday, Lara Trump, a TV producer who is married to Donald Trump\u2019s son, Eric, defended her father-in-law during an appearance on Hannity\u2019s show on Wednesday, while questioning why there wasn\u2019t \u2018adequate security\u2019 on January 6 to protect the Capitol from the mob.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RNC is in disarray after some of its worst fundraising numbers in decades headed into an election year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cDemocrats hold vast fundraising advantage as Republicans face cash problems, disarray in crucial swing states\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) holds nearly three times the cash on hand <\/strong>reported by the Republican National Committee (RNC), and brought in nearly three times as much fundraising<\/strong> in the final month of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RNC reported its worst fundraising year since 2013<\/strong> raising just $87.2 million in 2023, and starting 2024 with just over $8 million in cash on hand. If adjusted for inflation, the RNC’s fundraising was last this low in 1993<\/strong> \u2014 before the 2002 McCain Feingold Act restricted political committee fundraising from corporations and capped donations from individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThe Republican National Committee continued to show signs of financial strain when compared with the war chest of the Democratic National Committee, reporting just $8.7 million in cash on hand to the DNC\u2019s $24 million.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe Democratic National Committee also maintained its cash advantage over its Republican counterpart. The DNC raised $17.4 million in January and ended the month with $24 million in cash on hand. The Republican National Committee raised $11.6 million and closed the month with $8.7 million in cash on hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe RNC reported this week that it had its worst fundraising year in almost a decade last year<\/strong> \u2014 entering 2024 with just $8 million in cash. Trump’s comments are a sign of him flexing muscle as the de facto head of the GOP, even though the soonest he could clinch the nomination is March.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Lara Trump being chosen as the new RNC co-chair, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cLara Trump is a self-described \u2018ultra-MAGA\u2019 extremist who won\u2019t back down from her position that at the RNC, she\u2019ll tell anyone who doesn\u2019t support Donald Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda to leave, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDNC Statement on Lara Trump Being Elected Co-Chair of the RNC - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-lara-trump-being-elected-co-chair-of-the-rnc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-08T18:08:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T20:10:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-lara-trump-being-elected-co-chair-of-the-rnc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-lara-trump-being-elected-co-chair-of-the-rnc\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Lara Trump Being Elected Co-Chair of the RNC - 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