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Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has now officially replaced Ronna McDaniel as the new co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) following a unanimous vote.
Despite having no previous campaign or political organizing experience, Lara who is the wife of the former president's son, Eric is now in charge of the Republican Party's national organization, and is tasked with both retaking the White House in 2024 along with regaining control of the US Senate. Michael Whatley ascended to the top of the GOP along with Lara, after he previously served as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.
Right-wing influencer Wendy Patterson, who has more than 150,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter), suggested she may leave the GOP altogether after the news of Lara Trump's ascendancy to the top of the RNC. "Bad idea and shame on her for usurping Scott Pressler," Patterson tweeted, referring to the GOP activist many other conservatives hoped would lead the RNC after McDaniel's exit. "I'm coming hard and fast with the I told you so... This country doesn't stand a chance if you're still voting for popularity contests."
X user @TyRWilliams1, who describes himself as a Navy veteran and an attorney, wrote the GOP had become "a full-blown corruption riddled nepotism laden cult of incompetency." Iraq veteran Peter Henlein tweeted that he was now "out" after "a lifetime of donating to every GOP nominee and multiple down ballot candidates every cycle."
"I donated to help win elections, not to maintain the lifestyle of a billionaire," he wrote. "No point donating now."
https://www.alternet.org/republicans-revolt-lara-trump/?cx_testId=2&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&cx_experienceId=EXDEXBKK1F00#cxrecs_s
limbicnuminousity
(1,405 posts)Bet they could get a free pair of crappy golden tennis shoes with every $100 donation.
calimary
(81,519 posts)Those sneakers were probably made super cheap. Which means they'll have holes in them soon enough to provide good drainage when you water the plants in them. Of course, you certainly could help that along with a well-wielded screwdriver or ice pick...
Ms. Toad
(34,110 posts)I think the estimated manufacture date is sometime this summer.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)I'll bet they change manufacturers a couple times if they ever do get made. Tsf will try to pay less for them and the makers will tell him to fuck off.
Ms. Toad
(34,110 posts)And then the were resold for 10x the purchase on ebay almost immediately.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)they're a collector's item, made to catch dust and look at. They'll appreciate in price 50X after Trump's death. Hopefully tomorrow.
True Blue American
(17,992 posts)They came out!~~
calimary
(81,519 posts)Probably thought most of the "great unwashed" that worship him wouldn't be able to afford them.
I wouldn't have 'em as cat-box scoopers.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)for a pair Trump scrawled his name on ........wait for it..........with a Sharpie!
oldsoftie
(12,622 posts)TSExile
(2,492 posts)That's the sound of TSF and his greedy, grasping relatives literally sucking every last dollar out of the Republican Nepotism Committee (thank you, Katie Phang)!!
sakabatou
(42,179 posts)Here's a link.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_sucking_sound
AllaN01Bear
(18,491 posts)TSExile
(2,492 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,491 posts)True Blue American
(17,992 posts)A bill written by Bush Senior but Clinton made tj]he mistake of signing it.NAFTA!
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)brewens
(13,626 posts)get screwed out of the $8 million, but there's no way he did anything to really earn that. I doubt the donors approved though most won't admit it. Look for them to steal everything in sight at the RNC and stock the place with scum.
The bastard even said he couldn't leave with empty pockets! LOL
They have some rationale that it was okay because a wealthy FW supporter bought him out more or less. Bullshit. Money is fungible and not just when it's Planned Parenthood. It was FW money.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/dick-armey-defends-million-deal-leave-freedomworks/story?id=18077760
kysrsoze
(6,023 posts)The implosion of the Repuke Party!
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LA Blue Bengal
(12 posts)But theres still plenty of dark money and PACs out there. Drink a toast 🥃 , but stay vigilant
calimary
(81,519 posts)The time to relax is after theyve called the election for Biden. And then MAYBE we can let up a little.
But ONLY for a little.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)All Americans need to vote again, and again, and again, at every opportunity, to keep the fascists at bay.
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calimary
(81,519 posts)Its certainly not a one-time deal, is it!
durablend
(7,465 posts)House of Roberts
(5,187 posts)and the donor class gave all the money to Karl Rove's PAC instead of the RNC?
This will be much worse.
ecstatic
(32,737 posts)Good luck!
BaronChocula
(1,603 posts)The republican tradition of choosing loyalty over competence goes back to Reagan. But I'll recall the W era when they staffed the occupation administration in Iraq with loyalists with no experience. That worked out pretty good.
mokeyz
(15 posts)and the Arabian Horse guy they put in charge of FEMA who did just an awesome job with Katrina🤦🏻?♀️
BaronChocula
(1,603 posts)Oh the memories.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)She ain't there to campaign or be a political organizer. She's there to steal everything that isn't nailed down. It's exactly what that entire family IS experienced in.
She's there to steal everything that isn't nailed down and pry up everything that is nailed down.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,656 posts)Attilatheblond
(2,222 posts)TSF had to get her a paying job lest she stray from family control. (Did you see that come f' me dress she wore at Mar A Lago New Years Eve party? Sure looked like she was prowling for a better provider.)
Since TSF's donor base is shrinking & his silly, overpriced 'products' are not flying off the virtual shelves, he needed Plan B. Or is it plan C? Can't use children's charity piggy bank after the 'boys' got busted for that little corruption. Imaginary cartoons of Trump are not selling. Chances are there are still cases of water way past their Best By Date and maybe even some steaks and vodka in the freezer, aging badly. What's a garbage 'businessman' to do?
Ah, have the daughter-in-law let him put his vile hand up her and use her as the puppet that steals the rubes' coins at the puppet show!
I still can't believe that ding bat, career searching Lara managed to get the job. Wow, there must be a ton of files on any member of the GOP that TSF can whip out to blackmail people into diving off the cliff for him.
Only the dumbest of the dumb will send RNC any moolah now. Small wonder Mitch McConnell threw in the towel. He saw the writing on the wall. And maybe his sister-in-law's Tesla taking her for a swim was the exclamation point on the statement that his way (bad as it was for democracy) is now no way.
::Sigh:: So many vile possibilities, many being mere conjecture, and yet, he manages to sink lower than even our lowest, most unlikely theories. Now, even the 'Grand Old Party' lays splayed out, bleeding, dying, on the steps of cultural governance, victim of so many knives in the back for so long.
machoneman
(4,012 posts)So, he's even grabbing Lara's p@ssy as well? Nice F.I.L. you got there Lara.
Attilatheblond
(2,222 posts)And I don't put ANYTHING past the sick old fuck at this point. We are pretty sure he has to pay his wife just to show up and feign a smile at important events. Betting that appearance and smile is as far as she goes these days.
But in this case, my analogy of the puppet and puppet master is purely innocent.
TSExile
(2,492 posts)One week until Melania's kid is a legal adult and I bet she is watching the family coffers veeeeery closely. Timing is never an accident with this family.
Attilatheblond
(2,222 posts)there were reports about her insisting Barron's trust fund got some extra money.
MorbidButterflyTat
(1,859 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,949 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,185 posts)Hikerchick57
(118 posts)AllyCat
(16,233 posts)NanaCat
(1,301 posts)You?
So the RNC's getting robbed blind? Huh. Oh--forgot that I need to wash all the windows on the back of the house.
Cha
(297,767 posts)calguy
(5,335 posts)when you consider the high probability that Lara trump will probably be appointing Kimberly Guilfoyle to some high-paying position to seal their fate and fatten up their personal bank accounts at the same time. It's the trump family way.
Cha
(297,767 posts)have at it.
TY
ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)To see what is going to happen.
Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)GrapesOfWrath
(525 posts)Im stealing that 😂
tulipsandroses
(5,128 posts)Every thing trump touches dies.
IronLionZion
(45,546 posts)Please proceed
OAITW r.2.0
(24,656 posts)Lara 9/24: "The spigot is dry, Daddy"
usonian
(9,909 posts)I like that.
I wonder if MSM will pick that up.
Nattering Nabobs of Negativism that they are!
Nyuk Nyuk.
Freethinker65
(10,064 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,467 posts)Don't let up! Educate voters.
Attilatheblond
(2,222 posts)DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)Any money raised will go to trump's defense or fines. It will not go to down ballot repubs for their campaigns.
Pluvious
(4,326 posts)She's helping us save our Republic from too many feckless Republicans winning elections
Hugin
(33,222 posts)Karma! Paging Karma Please, pick up the white courtesy phone. Karma.
WestMichRad
(1,340 posts)Love it!
".....maintain the lifestyle of a billionaire". Trump is a socialist depending on handouts.
Johnny2X2X
(19,140 posts)Not only will the Trump family grift a good portion of the money, but they will also deprive candidates down ticket of funds. And on top of both of those things, people who are Republicans and want to donate, but not to Trump, will stop giving to the RNC now.
PortTack
(32,803 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(1,859 posts)Why Mrs. Gums?
"...Lara who is the wife of the former president's son, Eric is now in charge of the Republican Party's national organization, and is tasked with both retaking the White House in 2024 along with regaining control of the US Senate."
erronis
(15,371 posts)He ran trump.org so well into the ground. I'm hoping they will take the whole repuglicon apparatus further - 6 feet under.
MorbidButterflyTat
(1,859 posts)for Gums to take the fall and slide under the bus, but we know that oozing scumbag controls everything.
Ever see Stephen Colbert's impression?
k55f5r
(178 posts)Because Eric can't run a business in New York for 3 years just like his dad.
erronis
(15,371 posts)Of course.
The Roux Comes First
(1,300 posts)Come to the revelation that they had been simply feeding an addiction.
There's something to be said for turning over rocks.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,631 posts)struggle4progress
(118,375 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)i feel a bit calmer now.
ZonkerHarris
(24,261 posts)usonian
(9,909 posts)There, I just had to say it.
New RNC staff listed below.
Chakaconcarne
(2,464 posts)The RNC is now owned by foreign money.....Russia.
IF this is not a conspiracy, then it's a big problem!
Little by little we are being taken over...
Am I just wacked thinking this?
no_hypocrisy
(46,215 posts)and Im not just any idiot.
Simeon Salus
(1,154 posts)But I thought Lord of the Dance was over the top.
Warpy
(111,367 posts)She's a typical nepo hire, no experience in politics or administration, nothing going for her but bleached hair and a big mouth.
It's a typical hostile takeover by an asset stripper, good to see it happening to them for a change.
This is why I have such high hopes for their convention to deteriorate into a Donnybrook.
yardwork
(61,712 posts)Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)As in "Look at how many lives he saved during the COVID epidemic!"
Shoonra
(523 posts)This is a rerun of Pat Buchanan's takeover of the Reform Party in 2000. Buchanan replaced experienced Reform Party personnel and officers with his own friends and relations - at fabulous salaries - and they did very little for the campaign. Buchanan himself did very little campaigning, and the result was so miserable that the Reform Party lost its eligibility to appear on most future election ballots. That didn't matter much because Buchanan and his friends sucked the Reform Party accounts dry, leazving it virtually bankrupted and incapable of mounting a meaningful campaign in the next election.
Trump is doing this with the Republican Party, which has more money to be looted. But there is a real risk that - after paying Trump's legal fees (does that include the damages and penalties?) - the Republican Party will be a mere shadow of itself.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)True Blue American
(17,992 posts)Has not had a decent leader since Micheal Steele and he has turned against them.
orangecrush
(19,633 posts)Are wising up.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)Jerks.
nilram
(2,894 posts)Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!
Aussie105
(5,444 posts)They survive on their ethos and perceived competencies.
And the morality of those who run it.
The 'R' party has no positive ethos - grifting isn't a positive - and no competencies nor morality.
It is dying. Donors hide their purses and wallets, and eventually they will deny any involvement.
Every move they make is another shovel full of dirt out of their future grave.
It will be a pauper's grave. With no visitors.
crim son
(27,464 posts)PatrickforB
(14,593 posts)What happened to her?
calguy
(5,335 posts)calguy
(5,335 posts)RNC Committeewoman Beth Bloch believes the move is one approved by God. And honestly, that tracks for The Daily Show correspondent Desi Lydic, considering Jesus was the original nepo baby.
In her speech introducing Lara Trump as the new co-chair, Bloch argued that her appointment reminds everyone of a powerful truth: God does not call the qualified, God qualifies the called. According to Block, Lara Trump is the embodiment of this truth.
Of course, Desi Lydic did spot a bit of an undertone to Blochs words.
This is the most mean girl introduction I have ever heard, Lydic mocked, before mimicking the sentiment in an affected voice. A lot of people think that you should be qualified to have a job, but heres Lara Trump anyway, take it up with God!
That said, Lydic did believe the logic of a deity approving Lara Trumps appointment.
I get why God would bless Donald Trump appointing his daughter-in-law. I mean, Jesus was the original nepo baby, she joked. Forget a job, he started an entire religion based on Um, do you know who my father is?'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/daily-show-original-nepo-baby-152638279.html
sellitman
(11,607 posts)Why is everyone so surprised by this?