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<p>First came the internal grumbling about <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ronna-mcdaniels-rnc-race-devolves-into-a-rats-nest-of-accusations">Ronna McDaniel</a>, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.</p>
<p>Then came McDaniel’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-plans-to-step-down-after-south-carolina-primary-report">decision to step down from her post</a> at the end of February as she lost the support of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a>.</p>
<p>After that came Trump’s move to put forward a slate of loyalists to take over the party’s top spots—including an election-denying state party chair, a Trump campaign senior adviser, and the former president’s own daughter-in-law.</p>
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First came the internal grumbling about Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.
After that came Trump’s move to put forward a slate of loyalists to take over the party’s top spots—including an election-denying state party chair, a Trump campaign senior adviser, and the former president’s own daughter-in-law.
