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Former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign is quietly weighing options for how to reshuffle the Republican National Committee if, as expected, he becomes the GOP nominee \u2014 including options that both include and exclude the current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two sources familiar with the planning, including a Trump adviser, told NBC News that Trump\u2019s political organization is considering a plan that would essentially set up two separate organizations: It would leave McDaniel as chairwoman, but she would essentially be a sort of figurehead. Meanwhile staffers closely aligned with Trump would also be installed and have significant power over party operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the plan, two Trump-picked co-chairs would be put in place \u2014 one to oversee fundraising and the other to oversee party operations. One of the sources named former RNC Chairman Reince Preibus, former Trump administration official and major GOP donor Linda McMahon and casino magnate Steve Wynn, as possibilities to run the fundraising side, while both sources said the operational side is almost certainly to be led by top Trump adviser Chris LaCivita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe is a Washington person. I think he likes that,” a Trump adviser said of LaCivita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under this proposal, McDaniel would technically remain in her position as chairwoman, but she would have to clear nearly all of her major decisions with the Trump appointees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve merged the DNA of the president\u2019s campaign and the RNC,\u201d starting from 2016, a GOP operative said. The person added that the reason LaCivita is involved “is to preserve the status quo of the arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LaCivita did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other option still on the table is McDaniel resigning, which would force a hectic and high-profile special election requiring all 168 voting members from across the country to get in the same room to pick a new chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times reported Tuesday night that McDaniel told Trump she is planning to resign from her post shortly after the South Carolina primary on Feb. 24. NBC News has not confirmed this report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing has changed. This will be decided after South Carolina,” RNC spokesperson Keith Schipper told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, like any presidential nominee, cannot technically fire the RNC chair. But he has already made clear he is looking for change at the top, putting more pressure on McDaniel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main question in the next couple of weeks is going to be, does Ronna stay and get layered over, or does she resign completely?\u201d the Trump adviser said. \u201cOnce they [Trump and the campaign] makes that decision, we are going to start to see movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Trump ally also said the former president has often preferred schemes that would, in the end, spare people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best kept secret with Trump is that he doesn\u2019t actually like to fire people,\u201d a Trump ally said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe majority of the RNC voting members are not fond of Ronna, but they\u2019ll do what the president asks,\u201d one GOP operative said. \u201cSo if the president is saying stick with her, they will stick with her. If he says I have no confidence in her in her anymore and she needs to go, and an individual is put forward that is OK with him and OK with the campaign, they will vote yes to remove her and install this new person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McDaniel\u2019s role at the RNC has been under a searing spotlight in recent weeks amid the party\u2019s financial woes and a continued chorus of criticism from some RNC members who lay blame for any perceived party problem at her feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most notably, her biggest opponents within the party blame her for poor showings by the GOP in national election cycles since 2016, and for the party finishing 2023 with just $8 million in the bank, compared to $21 million for the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those fault lines were on display in Las Vegas last week where Turning Point USA, an influential conservative group led by vocal McDaniel critic Charlie Kirk, held its own event to air grievances about McDaniel\u2019s performance. The group, which met just days before the RNC winter meetings in the same city, has been the largest organization to rally around the idea of ousting McDaniel \u2014 although anti-McDaniel sentiment has also gained some traction with the RNC\u2019s ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members-only RNC meetings have, at times, become venues for McDaniel critics to address her face-to-face, which happened again during a members-only breakfast last week at the Paris Hotel and Casino, according to two sources who were in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the meeting, some members led by Kansas GOP Chair Mike Brown pushed for McDaniel to release her RNC credit card statements as a show of financial transparency related to party spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 2022 leadership fight, McDaniel faced negative stories about RNC spending, prompting Trump\u2019s top campaign aide Susie Wiles to defend her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was real tension between several members and Chair McDaniel,\u201d a member in the room, who commented on the condition of anonymity to speak frankly, said. \u201cWords were exchanged and frustrations were high. It\u2019s clear that a group wants some change with the RNC, and the current chair is unwilling to understand the concerns of some of her members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown did not return a request seeking comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McDaniel defended herself, but few of her supporters in the room backed her up, another RNC member at the breakfast told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt got intense at moments,\u201d the second member said. \u201cWas an interesting way to start the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McDaniel easily won re-election to her fourth term in January 2023, and continues to have a significant base of support among the party’s members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not going to get into what happens in members-only meetings,\u201d a McDaniel supporter said of last week\u2019s breakfast. \u201cBut I will say that Ronna McDaniel will go down in history as having been the best grassroots chair the party has had. She has raised a lot of money, she is very good at that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBidenomics have not been good for anyone. We all go grocery shopping and prices are up,\u201d the supporter added. \u201cWhen you are a small dollar donor [to the RNC], that\u2019s the kind of thing that gets cut first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person also lamented that high-profile fights over party leadership can be self-defeating and something Republicans have generally focused on most in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDemocrats do not do what we have done. Many probably don\u2019t even know who the DNC chair is,\u201d the person added. \u201cKeeping that name out there is, unfortunately, how some people make their money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, who handpicked McDaniel to run the party in 2016, has done nothing to quiet rumors of McDaniel\u2019s potential demise in recent days. Over the weekend he said \u201csome changes\u201d would come to the RNC if he is the Republican nominee, and on Monday night, he acknowledged something is coming \u2014 but likely not until after the Feb. 24 South Carolina primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThings are looking great in the Presidential Race of 2024 against Crooked Joe Biden,\u201d Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. \u201cRonna is now Head of the RNC, and I\u2019ll be making a decision the day after the South Carolina Primary as to my recommendation for RNC Growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amplifying the palace intrigue around whether McDaniel\u2019s days are numbered as RNC chair was a meeting she held with Trump on Monday night at Mar-a-Lago, a meeting that, set against the party\u2019s leadership drama, immediately stirred speculation that Trump had summoned McDaniel to discuss her future, or lack thereof, as party chairwoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two Trump allies familiar with the former president\u2019s thinking downplayed the idea that the meeting was a signal that McDaniel is out or that a shakeup was imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a rescheduled meeting from before. Was nothing super major,\u201d said one. \u201cI think it [some changes] will be after South Carolina, but no one really knows for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person said McDaniel \u201ccould still very much have a place\u201d at the RNC, but there would just be others with leadership responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one knows exactly what is on his [Trump\u2019s] mind,\u201d they added. \u201cWe will have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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