Lara Trump, recently elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee, says the Republican Party needs to use “legal vote harvesting” to stay competitive with Democrats heading into November. Stated.
“We’re playing checkers and the Democrats are playing chess,” Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, said in a recent interview with the Washington Examiner. “Unfortunately, we don’t have a single voting day, we don’t have paper ballots, we don’t have voter ID everywhere, so we have to play the hand we’re dealt,” she said. It won’t.”
She emphasized the importance of early voting and voting by mail whenever possible.
“That way, by the time Election Day rolls around, the votes will be banked and we won’t have to play catch-up with the Democrats on Nov. 5,” she said.
“We need to do legal ballot harvesting, something that has never been done before by the RNC, but you will be a big part of what we plan to do.” I can promise you that,” Lara Trump told the Examiner. “And I think we’ll see that come Election Day, but it’s not just about having poll watchers. It’s about training poll watchers and lawyers across the country as needed. are trained and able to physically count how many ballots come in and how many ballots go out.”
Lara Trump says if she becomes co-chair, “every penny” of the RNC Fund will go toward electing Donald Trump.
President Trump explained his vision for the RNC following the resignation of longtime chair Ronna McDaniel on Friday, saying his goal is to “restore the people’s confidence in the election process.” said.
“The truth is, people feel like they don’t know whether or not their money will go to the RNC, when they’ll give it, and ultimately it will go to a cause they care about,” Lara Trump said. he said. “I actually want to be there to make sure that every dollar donated, from the top of the ballot to the bottom, is used to make sure we win on Election Day.”
The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install a leadership team hand-picked by former President Donald Trump as he nears a third consecutive presidential nomination.
Lara Trump, the newly elected co-chair of the RNC, holds up a donation check during the RNC Spring Meeting General Assembly on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
North Carolina Republican Michael Whatley was elected as the party’s new national chairman in a vote Friday morning in Houston.
Lara Trump, who is married to the former president’s son Eric Trump, was chosen as co-chair.
In a speech after his election, Whatley told RNC members, “The RNC is the vanguard of a movement that continues to work tirelessly every day to elect our candidate, Donald J. Trump, as the 47th President of the United States.” It will be,” he said.
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Michael Whatley speaks at the state Republican convention on June 10, 2023 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Lara Trump is expected to focus primarily on fundraising and media appearances. She took her time during her inaugural address as co-chair, shortly after she was voted out, to hold up a $100,000 check donated to her party that day. I emphasized that.
Chris LaCivita will become the RNC’s chief of staff, serving as the committee’s chief of staff while retaining his role as one of the Trump campaign’s top advisers.
McDaniel was selected by President Trump to chair the committee seven years ago, but has fallen out of favor with Trump’s MAGA movement following Republican losses in recent years. She alluded to that in her farewell speech on Friday, telling MPs that she was most concerned about “party unity” heading into the election.
“The attacks on other Republicans have to stop,” she said. “If we spend our time attacking each other, the Democrats are guaranteed to win.”
Ronna McDaniel will deliver her final speech as RNC chairwoman at the Spring Meetings in Houston on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
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He also told the party it needed to engage independent and unstable voters, warning that “wins cannot be won just by talking to each other.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
