RNC ‘Bloodbath’ Begins as More Than 60 Staffers Are Terminated Days After Lara Trump Elected Co-Chair

The Republican National Committee is cutting loose dozens of staffers less than a week after Michael Whatley was elected chair of the RNC and Lara Trump was elected as co-chair.

Trump is the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, who facilitated the ouster of the previous chair, Ronna McDaniel.

On Monday, Politico broke the news of the shakeup in a report titled “Bloodbath at RNC“:

All told, the expectation is that more than 60 RNC staffers who work across the political, communications and data departments will be let go. Those being asked to resign include five members of the senior staff, though the names were not made public. Additionally, some vendor contracts are expected to be cut…

The overhaul is aimed at cutting, what one of the people described as, “bureaucracy” at the RNC. But the move also underscores the swiftness with which Trump’s operation is moving to take over the Republican Party’s operations after the former president all but clinched the party’s presidential nomination last week.

The appointment of Lara Trump has been met with accusations of nepotism. Moreover, Trump raised eyebrows last month when she said “every penny” raised by the RNC should be devoted to reelecting her father-in-law, down-ballot races be damned.

“Every single penny will go to the number one and the only job of the RNC,” she said last month. “That is electing Donald J. Trump as president of the United States and saving this country. We have no time to waste. We’ve got to get to work. We’ve got a lot of money to raise and we need to ensure that every penny goes to those things that I just mentioned.”

The former president is facing mounting legal fees related to the criminal and civil cases against him. Some RNC committee members want the organization to help him pay up.

Last month, Democratic strategist James Carville delighted in the prospect of Lara Trump leading the RNC.

“Please steal every dollar you can get!” he told MSNBC.

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