{"id":1030311,"date":"2024-03-24T18:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030311"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:56:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:56:15","slug":"dnc-statement-on-ronna-mcdaniels-new-position-at-nbc-after-years-of-attacking-the-free-press-and-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-ronna-mcdaniels-new-position-at-nbc-after-years-of-attacking-the-free-press-and-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Ronna McDaniel\u2019s New Position at NBC After Years of Attacking the Free Press and Our Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel\u2019s new role at NBC, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe free and independent press is fundamental to our democracy, and has and continues to face unprecedented attacks by Donald Trump and his lackeys \u2013 including Ronna McDaniel \u2013 to chip away at its credibility and allow space for MAGA lies and deceit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll of us \u2013 the independent press included \u2013 have a duty to stop them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLying about the 2020 election results culminated in Donald Trump encouraging his supporters to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Allowing one of the key architects of that shameful period in our country the platform to whitewash her role in what happened, and then provide ongoing \u2018commentary\u2019 about American politics, does a disservice to the journalists who put themselves in harm\u2019s way to cover the violence and brutality at the Capitol so the American people knew the facts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere should be no debate about the truth in our political discourse. Ronna McDaniel is a proven liar, and has no place in an honest and objective conversation about the future of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel\u2019s new role at NBC, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cThe free and independent press is fundamental to our democracy, and has and continues to face unprecedented attacks by Donald Trump and his lackeys \u2013 including Ronna McDaniel \u2013 to chip away at its credibility [&hellip;]<\/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-1030311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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