{"id":2549798,"date":"2026-01-23T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-regroups-and-recalibrates-for-midterm-election-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:24:50","slug":"rnc-regroups-and-recalibrates-for-midterm-election-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-regroups-and-recalibrates-for-midterm-election-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC regroups and recalibrates for midterm election fight"},"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%2Frnc-regroups-and-recalibrates-for-midterm-election-fight%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=2549798&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>At its winter meeting in Santa Barbara, teh Republican National Committee sought too regroup and sharpen its message ahead of the midterm elections, presenting the gathering as both a rallying cry and a reset. RNC Chair Joe Gruters, a Donald trump ally, said the party is &#8220;more focused and energized than ever,&#8221; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-foreign-relations-committee-unanimously-approves-resolution-supporting-cuba-protesters\/\" title=\"Senate Foreign Relations Committee Unanimously Approves Resolution Supporting Cuba Protesters\">committee unanimously approved<\/a> a rule change to allow a large GOP midterm convention this summer if the president asks. Delegates discussed using a Trump-aligned &#8220;America First&#8221; message that emphasizes affordability and the economy while framing foreign-policy moves-like attention on Greenland-as part of domestic security and energy interests.Leaders acknowledged internal divisions and controversies that could hurt republicans, including fallout from immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis (notably the detention of a five-year-old), disputes over execution of policies, and voter concerns about healthcare and cost of living. Strategists argued driving home pocketbook issues will be essential to blunt Democratic momentum and help elect a Republican Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RNC regroups and recalibrates for midterm election fight<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2482452\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>SANTA BARBARA, California<\/strong> &mdash; The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\">Republican National Committee&rsquo;s<\/a> winter meeting in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">Santa Barbara<\/a> this week was held as both&nbsp;a rallying cry and a reset &mdash; a chance for party leaders and delegates to regroup, sharpen their message, and chart a strategy to blunt Democratic momentum and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >address voter frustration ahead<\/a> of the midterm elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RNC Chair and President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\"> Donald Trump <\/a>ally <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3778219\/rnc-elects-joe-gruters-chairman-replacing-michael-whatley\/\">Joe Gruters <\/a>told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the party is &ldquo;more focused and energized than ever&rdquo; to win the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4432057\/rnc-takes-first-step-toward-greenlighting-trump-midterm-convention\/\">RNC takes first step toward greenlighting Trump&#8217;s midterm convention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4431923\/trumps-first-congressional-backer-announces-comeback-house-bid-in-florida\/\">Trump&#8217;s first Congressional backer announces comeback House bid in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4432026\/va-workforce-losses-veteran-healthcare\/\">More than a million veterans left without primary care providers because of VA staffing losses, watchdog warns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RNC Chairman Joe Gruters speaks at the RNC winter meeting in Santa Barbara, California, on Jan. 23, 2026. (Barnini Chakraborty\/Washington Examiner) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite&nbsp;Gruters&rsquo; upbeat prediction, Republicans are heading into the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-joe-bidens-net-approvals-tank-in-battleground-states\/\" title=\"Analysis: Joe Biden&#039;s Net Approvals Tank in Battleground States\">midterm election cycle<\/a><\/a> on&nbsp;thin ice, battered by internal divisions and external controversies that have left the party struggling to find its footing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Debates around the Trump administration&rsquo;s&nbsp;posture&nbsp;on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greenland\/\">Greenland<\/a> have&nbsp;unexpectedly&nbsp;crept&nbsp;into midterm calculations. He has also openly criticized NATO, imposed tariffs at will, withdrawn from international agreements, publicly disparaged allied leaders, and had a transactional approach to diplomacy that has turned off some voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategists told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;that international distractions could divert attention from problems at home and dilute the party&rsquo;s message on domestic priorities.&nbsp;But there are problems there, too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Controversies over affordability, healthcare, and the situation playing out over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, as well as orders to dispatch ICE agents to Democratic-led cities, have created an uncomfortable environment that could hurt the party in November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gruters&rsquo;s solution, for now, seems to hinge on a large-scale GOP midterm convention this summer.&nbsp;<br \/>On Friday, the&nbsp;RNC unanimously approved a rule change that would allow the party to hold a convention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the president wants us to host a convention to highlight the great work his administration has done for the American people, we [are going to do] the work now, and will be ready to act when that time comes to ensure the greatest American comeback,&rdquo; Gruters said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gruters, Trump&rsquo;s personal pick to lead the RNC, told party chairs and committee members that helping elect a Republican Congress and ensuring Trump is a four-year president, and not a lame duck, starts with them. It&rsquo;s an ask that party chairs and committee members have taken seriously.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii RNC committeewoman Shirlene Ostrov told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>she believes the administration should lean into foreign affairs and frame the fight as one that matters to Americans domestically. Acquiring Greenland as a defense strategy helps keep Americans safe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The foreign policy also directly relates to things like oil,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It directly relates to those issues that affect every American family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ostrov, a mother and a veteran, said she was upset by some of the images coming out of Minneapolis but added that the policies driving them are on point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t speak to the execution, but the policies are 100% sound,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure that people can find many stories, good and bad. The policies are what we&rsquo;re looking at. The policies of protecting American interests are absolutely sound. And I will, I will challenge anyone who says otherwise. The execution, I cannot speak to, but if young kids are getting hurt, I am&nbsp;obviously not for that, but the policies put in place are sound.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Federal agents took a five-year-old boy named Liam Conejo Ramos. He is being held with his father at an ICE facility in Texas. The images of Ramos are the latest flashpoint in Minneapolis as tensions continue to escalate.&nbsp;The Department of Homeland Security <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/4431717\/dhs-alleges-child-taken-into-custody-after-mother-abandoned-him\/\">has pushed back on criticism<\/a> of the boy&rsquo;s detention, insisting he was &ldquo;abandoned&rdquo; by his mother, his father told officers he wanted to remain with him, and officers were simply caring for the welfare of the child.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Proto, chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that winning the midterm elections requires focusing on an &ldquo;America First&rdquo; message that emphasizes affordability and the economy. He said the key was to look at specific states and show how affordability has taken a hit under Democratic control. Then, take a look at what Trump and Congress did over the past year, including &ldquo;cutting off fraud and waste in a lot of the entitlement programs but ensuring that the people who need the money are getting the money.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4432057\/rnc-takes-first-step-toward-greenlighting-trump-midterm-convention\/\">RNC TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD GREENLIGHTING TRUMP&rsquo;S MIDTERM CONVENTION <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He added that despite the importance of foreign policy, &ldquo;at the end of the day, people will always vote with their pockets.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Greenland may be important. Venezuela may be important. But if I can&rsquo;t buy food, if I can&rsquo;t take care of my kids, if I can&rsquo;t pay my rent or my mortgage, my insurance, then it becomes personal,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;If we message it correctly, and that&rsquo;s always the question, correctly, I think voters are going to see it was Donald Trump and the Republicans who created more prosperity for them.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNC refocuses for midterm showdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2549799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wintermeeting1-e1769206982319.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34250,32085,6915],"class_list":["post-2549798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-midterm-elections","tag-republican-party","tag-rnc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wintermeeting1-e1769206982319.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549798","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549798"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549802,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549798\/revisions\/2549802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}