Just over 56 percent of those surveyed during Turning Point’s AmericaFest straw poll said they would be more likely to contribute to the Republican National Committee (RNC) if Ronna Romney McDaniel were no longer at its head. Nearly 90-percent said McDaniel should step down as chairwoman.
Former senior adviser to President Trump, Stephen K. Bannon called for the removal of McDaniel as RNC chairwoman while speaking at AmericaFest. The populist firebrand suggested the next leader of the RNC should be Donald Trump, Jr. instead.
RNC fundraising numbers have lagged over 2023 when compared to prior years. At the end of the third quarter on October 31st, McDaniel’s RNC reported only having $9.1 million cash on hand, less half what it had in its war-chest heading into the 2020 general election cycle.
The mounting concerns over the RNC’s financial position have lead renewed efforts to oust McDaniel. Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was openly critical of the RNC chairwoman during the November 8th GOP primary debate. “If you want to come on stage tonight — and resign, I will yield to you,” Ramaswamy said to McDaniel, who was in the audience. He added under McDaniel’s the GOP had become the “party of losers.”
McDaniel is the niece of outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump. Sen. Romney, who ran a disastrous campaign for President in 2012 against Barack Obama, has gone so far to say he’d vote for a Democrat over both Donald Trump and Ramaswamy in 2024.
