{"id":1779178,"date":"2022-12-18T09:25:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779178"},"modified":"2022-12-18T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T14:33:31","slug":"trump-not-taking-a-side-in-rnc-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-not-taking-a-side-in-rnc-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Not Taking a Side in RNC Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-not-taking-a-side-in-rnc-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">MIAMI, Florida \u2014 Former President Donald Trump declined to endorse either incumbent Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel or her challenger, RNC national committeewoman from California Harmeet Dhillon in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cHarmeet is a lawyer for me you know,\u201d Trump said when asked about the two candidates. \u201cHarmeet is my lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>When asked whether that means he favors her or McDaniel\u2014the current chair whom Trump selected after his 2016 White House victory and backed again in her subsequent reelection as chair\u2014he declined to pick a specific candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cI think they\u2019re both good,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI like them both. It\u2019s like when I asked Queen Elizabeth when we were together: \u2018Which president did you like the best?\u2019 She said: \u2018I liked them all.\u2019 \u2018Which one did you like the best?\u2019 \u2018I liked them all. They\u2019re all great.\u2019 I said, \u2018But didn\u2019t you like Ronald Reagan the best?\u2019 She said: \u2018No I liked them all. I liked Ronald Reagan very much, but I liked them all.\u2019 Then I said: \u2018Which prime minister did you like the best? Was it Winston Churchill?\u2019 \u2018I like them all. I like every one.\u2019 Then I realized how smart she was. I said, you know that\u2019s why she stayed there for 75 years.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The race between McDaniel and Dhillon has been heating up in recent weeks, and Trump\u2019s decision to stay neutral could have major implications for or against either candidate. The ultimate winner will be decided in late January by a vote of the 168 RNC members. Membership in the RNC\u2019s powerful 168 includes state and territory party chairs and the national committeeman and committeewoman from each state and territory. Dhillon, as a member of the 168, is a voting member in this election.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11457282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11457282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ronna-McDaniel.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump speaks after his introduction by RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel at a fundraising breakfast in a restaurant in New York, New York on December 2, 2017. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks after his introduction by RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel at a fundraising in New York City on December 2, 2017. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22853108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22853108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1321288931.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1523\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harmeet Dhillon greets President Trump after he arrives aboard Air Force One at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California, to attend a Republican Party fundraiser on Sept. 17, 2019. (Paul Chinn\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dhillon has emerged as the main challenger to McDaniel after outgoing Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)\u2014who ran a much-stronger-than-expected gubernatorial race in New York this year, helping carry several down-ticket and especially U.S. House candidates to victory\u2014bowed out after considering a challenge. MyPillow\u2019s Mike Lindell has announced a campaign of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Spending decisions at the RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/15\/rnc-chair-race-gets-nasty-as-candidates-focus-on-committee-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have become a focus<\/a> of the race as of late, in particular, with Dhillon and her allies bashing McDaniel\u2019s choices on how to use party committee money. McDaniel\u2019s allies have fired back, defending the incumbent chairwoman, arguing that the things Dhillon has highlighted were legitimate expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s latest interview with Breitbart News happened here Friday morning at his Doral golf resort in Miami, and much more from it is forthcoming in the coming days. Trump\u2019s decision not to endorse in the RNC chair race contrasts with his decision to unequivocally back House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in the House Speakership election upcoming on Jan. 3. As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/16\/exclusive-trump-backs-mccarthy-speaker-tells-opponents-stand-down-think-deserves-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already reported<\/a> on Friday, Trump said in the interview he not only supports McCarthy but he called on McCarthy\u2019s critics to stand down and support him in the race, warning of \u201cdangerous\u201d consequences that could arise if McCarthy does not get the speakership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, Florida \u2014 Former President Donald Trump declined to endorse either incumbent Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel or her challenger, RNC national committeewoman from California Harmeet Dhillon in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1368608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,5069,3819,6915,3634],"class_list":["post-1779178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-race","tag-report","tag-rnc","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}