The RNC will choose its new Chair at its winter meeting in Dana Point, California, at the end of January. While current Chair Ronna McDaniel has held the spot since 2017, she’s being challenged for it by RNC National Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon, as well as by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell.
Calls for McDaniel’s ouster have been increasing, particularly given recent revelations regarding the RNC’s spending practices under McDaniel’s leadership, with even conservative talk show host Mark Levin declaring, “She needs to go.”
Former President Donald Trump, who supported McDaniel’s bid for the seat following his 2016 victory, was asked, on Friday, whether he favored Dhillon or McDaniel.
“I think they’re both good…I like them both. It’s like when I asked Queen Elizabeth when we were together: ‘Which president did you like the best?’ She said: ‘I liked them all.’ ‘Which one did you like the best?’ ‘I liked them all. They’re all great.’ I said, ‘But didn’t you like Ronald Reagan the best?’ She said: ‘No I liked them all. I liked Ronald Reagan very much, but I liked them all.’ Then I said: ‘Which prime minister did you like the best? Was it Winston Churchill?’ ‘I like them all. I like every one.’ Then I realized how smart she was. I said, you know that’s why she stayed there for 75 years.’”