Lara Trump is resigning as co-chair of the Republican National Committee. The daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump announced the decision in a social media post on Sunday night.
“Serving as the @GOP co-chair throughout the course of the most consequential election in American history has truly been the honor of my life,” Trump posted on her X account. “At the RNC, we had three distinct goals: 1) surpass all fundraising records, 2) build the largest army of lawyers and poll watchers to ensure election integrity and, 3) turn out millions of Americans and low prepencity [sic] voters during early voting.”
“We accomplished all three,” Trump said. “The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally step down from the RNC at our next meeting.”
Trump and Michael Whatley, former head of the North Carolina Republican Party, took over as RNC co-chairs in March, replacing a beleaguered Ronna McDaniel, who headed the RNC for eight years. The duo implemented many significant policy changes in the RNC to ensure Donald Trump was victorious in the 2024 presidential election. One of the main objectives was to revamp the RNC “get out the vote” efforts on the ground, an operation that many claimed grew stagnant under McDaniel’s watch.
Trump and Whatley also focused on increasing GOP fundraising, which also lagged in McDaniel’s final months. In February, the last full month McDaniel was in charge of the RNC, the organization hauled in only $10.6 million in donations. Those numbers increased to $65.6 million by March and to $76 million in April, the Associated Press reported.
