The Republican National Committee’s new leadership is asking potential employees where they stand on the results of the 2020 presidential election as a prerequisite for hiring, multiple reports confirm.
During interviews for a job with the RNC, potential employees are asked if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, people familiar with the process say.
But even the newly appointed co-chair of the Republican National Committee, Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, says it’s time to put 2020 behind us.
‘I think we’re over that now. I think that’s a thing of the past. she told NBC News when asked if the RNC’s position will be that the 2020 election was unfair.
Additionally, the new Republican National Committee is considering substantially emptying its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and employees could be expected to move to an office near Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. The Washington Post reported.
The reports follow the election of new leadership within the Republican Party after former Speaker Ronna McDaniel resigned earlier this month following months of pressure from the MAGA world for her to leave her post.
New RNC leadership asks potential employees during their interview if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to multiple reports. Pictured: Michael Whatley (left) was elected the new chairman of the Republican National Committee earlier this month and Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara (right) was elected co-chair.
It’s not unusual for Republican National Committee members to emulate the ideals pushed by the party’s presidential candidate, but many say their stance on Trump’s insistence that there was fraud in 2020 has become a litmus test for their hiring.
Michael Whatley, a longtime Trump ally and former chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, was tapped to replace McDaniel. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law was elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
It’s not unusual for a party to blend into a presidential candidate’s campaign, but with the Republican convention four months away, it seemed premature to many to establish an all-MAGA team at the spring meeting in Texas in early March.
The RNC did not immediately respond to a request from DailyMail.com about the reported litmus test.
RNC spokesperson Danielle Alvarez, however, sent a statement to other outlets when asked about the reports saying, “To candidates who worked on the front lines in battleground states or who are currently in states where allegations of fraud have prevailed were asked about their work experience.
“We want experienced staff with meaningful opinions on how elections are won and lost and real, experience-based opinions on what happens in the trenches,” Alvarez said.
Some potential employees recalled the questions they were asked in their interview to join the RNC.
‘Was the 2020 election stolen?’ was a question one individual recalled being asked in an interview where two Trump advisers were present.
A former Republican National Committee employee said that while the question was open-ended, it was clear what they wanted to hear.
‘(I)f you say the election wasn’t stolen, do you really think they’re going to hire you?’ they asked.
Veteran Republican strategist Doug Heye, who worked as communications director at the RNC, told the Post that the GOP has long expected its staff to support the positions of its presidential candidates.
“You’re there for that specific reason: to support the candidate and accept their worldview,” he said.
‘The problem with Trumpism is that despite bringing in very intelligent and very capable people, if you want to play Trump’s game, you have to support him in everything he says,’ Heye acknowledged. “Claims about the election being stolen are kind of the final frontier.”
McDaniel, after leaving the RNC, joined NBC News as a contributor, it was announced last week. But after just one appearance on the network in an interview with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker, McDaniel was fired.
‘I) say the election wasn’t stolen, do you really think they’re going to hire you?’ a former RNC employee posed
Former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel resigned from her position following pressure from Trump’s world. She launched her new job as an NBC News contributor with an appearance on Meet the Press Sunday morning with Kristen Welker, but days later she was suspended from the new job.
On Sunday, McDaniel and Welker got into a heated argument over the former Republican National Committee chairman’s previous positions promoting claims that the 2020 election was stolen and saying the January 6 prisoners should be released. McDaniel said he had to “take one for the team” as the voice of the Republican Party, but clarified that he believes President Joe Biden legitimately won in 2020 despite the “issues.”
Welker shoved McDaniel in her flip-flops and after the interview, NBC host Chuck Todd said she was throwing up any stance taken by the people who paid her.
McDaniel’s ouster came after a series of on-air protests from veteran anchors who opposed McDaniel’s hiring at the left-wing network because they didn’t like that she had pushed Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen. .
Among those who spoke out publicly against his NBC bosses for hiring McDaniels was Chuck Todd, who said executives owe Welker an “apology” for allowing him to launch the new gig on his show.
Others who spoke included Rachel Maddow, Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Jen Psaki, who also came from the partisan world when she was hired directly from her job as President Joe Biden’s press secretary.