As the Republican National Committee had its annual meeting this past week in Las Vegas, several GOP members expressed concerns about the party’s leadership going into the 2024 election cycle, with its “worst-ever financial situation” and limited focus on both grassroots efforts and supporting the 2020 alternate electors.
After the failure of a “red wave” to materialize in the 2022 midterm elections and as the GOP looks to take back the White House, Republican Party members have criticized the lack of aid that both the 2020 alternate electors and grassroots have received as the RNC is experiencing financial trouble. Some are pointing to a lack of leadership from RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
Ahead of the RNC’s annual meeting, former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called for McDaniel to resign. At the beginning of January, Ramaswamy posted on his X account, “The Republican Establishment has made us a party of losers. Where is the accountability for years of losing: 2018, 2020, 2022 & 2023? Grassroots conservatives across the nation are joining me to end the culture of surrender and losing. Resign, Ronna. Add your name to the list: http://FireRonna.com”
Ramaswamy isn’t the only Republican critical of McDaniel. Local-level Republicans have also expressed their concerns with how the RNC is being run. Cobb County (Ga.) GOP Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs told Just the News on Thursday that she had reached out to McDaniel after the 2022 election cycle regarding election integrity concerns.
Because of that response, Grubbs emailed McDaniel about the issue, who she says never responded to her. A regional director then reached out to Grubbs on behalf of McDaniel, but Grubbs wanted McDaniel to respond directly. Grubbs reached out to McDaniel again but purportedly never heard back.
“Most GOP chairs feel like she’s so far removed from the little people that they don’t try to get in touch with her,” Grubbs said of McDaniel. Grubbs added that it was “completely disingenuous” for the RNC to come to Georgia saying they had “an election integrity team” and were “there to defend the ballot,” only to later explain that “certain races will be defended and others won’t.”