MSNBC primetime host Rachel Maddow criticized her own network over its hiring of former Republican National Committee ChairRonna McDaniel and called on NBC News to reverse its decision. Maddow, MSNBC’s highest-rated anchor, began her show with a nearly 30-minute monologue blasting the network’s decision as “inexplicable.” “I want to associate …
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After just a few short days, and a whole lot of internal uproar, NBC News has backtracked on its decision to hire former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde made the announcement in a memo and said he had made the decision …
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The calls are coming from inside the newsroom. NBC’s Chuck Todd, former moderator of Meet the Press, laid into his own network’s executives during Sunday’s show in response to NBC hiring former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor to the tune of $300,000 a year, according to Puck …
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Not all members of the Republican National Committee are thrilled with the idea of the party paying for Donald Trump‘s legal defense. Henry Barbour, a RNC member from Mississippi, has sponsored two draft resolutions obtained and first reported by The Dispatch, both of which have only a longshot chance of …
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Republican National Committee ChairRonna McDanielplans to resign from her role, the New York Times reported on Tuesday night. Two sources familiar with the plans said that the chairwoman has told former President Trump that she intends to step down soon after the Feb. 24 South Carolina primary. Trump has plans …
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Nikki Haley called out the Republican National Committee for favoring Donald Trump, accusing the RNC of “clearly not” being an honest broker in the 2024 presidential primary. “Do you think — just going back to the RNC calling for the party to unify around Trump, which happened, by the way, …
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The Republican National Committee is in a funding drought, listing less cash on hand as of October 30 than on any report filed to the Federal Election Commission since February 2015, according to a report from The Washington Post. A comparative analysis by the Post found that with only $9.1 …
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Even after suffering multiple state-wide losses on the issue, the Republican Party is not backing down on abortion, party chair Ronna McDaniel said. “I’m proud to be a pro-life party, but we can win on this message,” McDaniel said on Sunday’s Meet the Press. “The American people are where we …
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Between the bongo drums and saxophone, the guy hawking buttons featuring a shirtless Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (“Fit to Be President!”), the men darting around in dark suits and sunglasses (stand-ins for the Secret Service detail Kennedy has still not received), the throngs of jubilant supporters, and the giant tour …
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The Republican National Committee is considering whether to blame Donald Trump for the party’s midterm losses as it creates a report examining why the predicted “red wave” never came to fruition. “Looking at President Trump, what has he gotten right? And what has he gotten wrong? And how do we …
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