Former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel will join NBC News as an on-air contributor ahead of the 2024 presidential election, following a pressure campaign by Donald Trump to resign.
McDaniel will appear on the network’s “Meet the Press” this Sunday and be interviewed by Kristen Welker. This is his first interview since leaving the RNC. According to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sources told the publication that conversations about the interview began long before she was hired as a contributor.
Adding McDaniel to NBC’s lineup, which includes providing commentary for MNSBC and NBC News Now programming, adds an “insider’s perspective” on national politics, the future of the Republican Party and her primary battleground state of Michigan. Become.
Carrie Budoff Brown, head of politics and election coverage for NBC News, said in a memo to employees.
“There couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Rona on our team,” Brown added.
Representatives for NBC did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
NBC and MSNBC are both subsidiaries of Comcast, which drew the ire of President Trump during his presidency.
Trump has vowed to investigate media giants if he wins a rematch with Biden, and as recently as September he accused Biden of being “dishonest and corrupt” for “one-sided reporting.” In a post by Truth Social.
“I candidly and confidently say that if I am elected President of the United States, they and the rest of the people at LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for knowingly dishonest and corrupt reporting of people, things, and events. I say this with pride and candor,” the former commander-in-chief wrote.
McDaniel, 50, left the race on March 8, three days after the Super Tuesday primary.
McDaniel said he resigned at the suggestion of the 45th president, who was a staunch ally of the former Michigan Republican Party leader when he assumed a leadership role within the RNC in 2017.
Michael Whatley, chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, was unanimously elected as the new chairman of the RNC.
Former first daughter Lara Trump, the only candidate running for RNC co-chair, was also unanimously elected as chair.
In his farewell address earlier this month, McDaniel said, “I will do everything in my power to help President Trump win re-election in November.”
“And to all of you who worked hard this primary season or supported other candidates, please join me in rooting for the president.”
Her voice choked up when she spoke of the support her husband, Patrick, gave her throughout her seven-year reign before endorsing Whatley and Trump as chair and co-chair.
McDaniel announced the 77-year-old as the likely Republican nominee and asked supporters to say “yes,” but after rejecting the request, he said, “I want President Trump to have the RNC to change what he wants.” It makes sense that it should be introduced.” If no.
The RNC typically holds meetings over multiple days, but the election to replace McDaniel took place in one morning.
Only 38 delegates attended the meeting, representing RNC members who were unable to attend the event announced about a week earlier.
