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Acyn @Acyn wrote: Lara Trump nomination: In a world where qualifications are often measured by titles and years of experience, we’re reminded of a truth: God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called. Lara Trump is the embodiment of this truth

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:24 pm Lindell got robbed!

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:16 pm

Acyn @Acyn wrote: Lara Trump nomination: In a world where qualifications are often measured by titles and years of experience, we’re reminded of a truth: God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called. Lara Trump is the embodiment of this truth

Acyn @Acyn wrote: Lara Trump: We have to raise a lot of money. I have great news. I have a check for the RNC for $100k that has been donated

The Republican National Committee began laying off dozens of staffers on Monday, days after Donald Trump’s handpicked team took the reins of the organization, according to two Republican operatives with knowledge of the dismissals.

The layoffs affect staffers across multiple departments, the sources said. The cuts also go beyond senior staff to vendors and mid-level employees, one of the Republican operatives said. Vendor contracts will likely be cut as well.

Some staff who were asked to resign could reapply for jobs at the organization.

It’s not unusual for there to be staff turnover at a national committee after that committee’s party has a de facto or official presidential nominee, but the depths of these cuts go beyond the norm and underscore the lackluster fundraising the committee has experienced lately.

Politico first reported on the layoffs.

Top officials in communications, the political department and the data team were laid off, according to multiple Republicans with knowledge of those layoffs.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:23 am RNC lays off dozens of staffers days after Trump’s team takes over

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics ... index.html

Some staff who were asked to resign could reapply for jobs at the organization.

‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff
Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the party, with an expected cull of 60 members

Hugo Lowell
Tue 12 Mar 2024 01.02 CET

Donald Trump’s new leadership team at the Republican National Committee started the process of ousting scores of staffers on Monday night, clearing out its ranks as they prepare to bring the committee under the wing of the Trump 2024 presidential campaign, sources familiar with the matter said.

The RNC is expected to cull about 60 people across the political, data and communications departments. At least five members of the senior staff will be let go and some third-party contracts may also be cancelled. One source familiar with the situation described it as an “absolute bloodbath”.

In ousting large swathes of the RNC, the new chair Michael Whatley and the new co-chair Lara Trump – the former president’s daughter-in-law – moved to reorganize the Republican party’s central committee to fall squarely behind the Trump campaign just days after they were formally elected.

The RNC is being brought under the Trump campaign to such an extent, the sources said, that the firings are mainly to ensure there is no overlap in roles between the RNC and the campaign. The Trump campaign, for instance, already has robust political and communications teams.

And, as ever with Trump’s operations, the firings are part of a strategy to ensure that only staffers committed to Trump and the Maga movement are left at the RNC as Trump tightens his grip on the party ahead of the presidential election in November.

“Chairman Whatley is in the process of evaluating the organization and staff to ensure the building is aligned with his vision of how to win in November,” the new RNC chief operating officer Sean Cairncross wrote in emails to the political, data and communications teams that were seen by the Guardian.

“During this process, certain staff are being asked to resign and reapply for a position on the team,” Cairncross wrote. The email added that if staffers chose not to reapply, they would be terminated from the RNC at the end of March.

An RNC spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment. The news of the firings were first reported by Politico.

The purge at the RNC, coming days after Whatley and Lara Trump were unanimously elected on Friday as the new RNC leaders, has been widely expected for weeks inside the committee as it became increasingly apparent that Trump would force out the previous RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.

In a speech after his election, Whatley said the RNC would “be the vanguard of a movement that will work tirelessly every single day to elect our nominee, Donald J Trump”, increase Republicans’ slim majority in the House and flip control of the Senate.



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... urge-staff

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:18 am I can't envision Trump's takeover of the RNC organization as anything other than a disaster for both him and the Republicans. I know nothing about what running an national election campaign entails, but one would think that - at 8 months out - you'd want highly competent, experienced individuals. Since Trump values loyalty over competency, I see pitfalls ahead.

Lansdowne wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:19 am

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:18 am I can't envision Trump's takeover of the RNC organization as anything other than a disaster for both him and the Republicans. I know nothing about what running an national election campaign entails, but one would think that - at 8 months out - you'd want highly competent, experienced individuals. Since Trump values loyalty over competency, I see pitfalls ahead.

On the same theme and of concern too, also, to those of us who are not in the US,

I can't envision Trump's takeover of the US government as anything other than a disaster for both America and the whole World. We all know something about what running a national government entails, but one would think that - if given 4 more years - you'd want highly competent, experienced individuals. Since Trump despises competency, I see pitfalls ahead.

'Pitfalls' needing replaced by a stronger word.

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:15 am They’ve been spamming people. I never signed up, but got a dozen overwrought emails in the last couple days. I had to unsubscribe to get it to stop.

Suranis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:09 am

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:15 am They’ve been spamming people. I never signed up, but got a dozen overwrought emails in the last couple days. I had to unsubscribe to get it to stop.

Report it as spam. Their computer will detect it and since they desperatly don't want to be listed as spammers they will blacklist you for all their clone email spammers. Unsubscribing confirms you are an active email so they will sell your email on and make a little money that way

Suranis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:11 am Ok. I guess I don't know what I'm talking about. Again.