LAS VEGAS — Former House speaker and California Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Thursday he believes Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is equipped to continue leading the party.
Washington ExaminerHe also told reporters at former President Donald Trump’s caucus night victory party in Las Vegas that he isn’t interested in the chairman role at the RNC should she choose to step down.
McCarthy rejected the idea and said McDaniel doesn’t need to step down. “She does a really good job. It’s up to her,” he said. Kevin McCarthy talks after Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump spoke at a caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. , “I think she knows that” she should step aside. “I think she understands that.”North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley to take over for her, according to a source familiar. Trump was appreciative of Whatley’s efforts to “stop the steal” during the 2020 election when Biden defeated the former president.
He further predicted, “In the end, people will see why Gaetz would want to do that. And I think in the end, Gaetz would have a hard time being a member of Congress with staying out of jail too.”
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