But a final decision has yet to be made.
Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, has offered to step down after facing pressure from former President Donald Trump.
Elected to her fourth term last year, McDaniel was set to lead the RNC until 2025.
The decision was heavily debated among party luminaries, with some advocating for new candidates after a string of disappointing elections. In recent weeks, there was an increase in criticism due to anemic fundraising numbers.
Details surrounding McDaniel’s resignation offer while meeting Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Monday remain uncertain.
Sources who spoke anonymously to The Washington Post are revealing what they know.
It was initially reported that McDaniel’s departure was imminent and most likely to happen after the South Carolina primary. Although Trump has praised McDaniel for helping him win Michigan in 2016, she apparently annoyed him by refusing to cancel the GOP primary debates featuring his challengers:
Trump’s campaign has increasingly grown frustrated with McDaniel’s leadership. They have worried over what they view as the RNC’s lackluster fundraising, as well as the more muscular role they hoped the committee could play in a general election matchup with President Biden. The party had about half as much money as the DNC at the end of December.
Trump also has repeatedly told advisers that McDaniel was not doing enough on “election integrity,” according to people who heard his comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reveal internal discussions.
But in private, he has been nice to her, the people familiar with the meetings say, and has not forcefully pushed for her ouster even as some of her critics have called for it. The pair met for over two hours on Monday.
About two weeks ago, Trump began telling people he wanted to make a change at the RNC, these people said. “Is it time for Ronna McDaniel to step aside?” a Newsmax reporter asked Trump in a televised interview Monday.
“I think she knows that, I think she understands that,” the former president responded.
North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley is widely considered to be McDaniel’s most likely successor.
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