Last Updated on March 8, 2024
Michael Whatley has been installed as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, stepping into the shoes of failed ex-Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel despite a track record of failing to secure and win elections.
Republicans gathered in Houston, Texas for what’s been described as the “coronation” of Michael Whatley as RNC Chairman, and Ronna Romney McDaniel cried as she bid farewell to the Republican Party that she’s been widely accused of running into the ground for the past seven years.
Whatley, the former RNC General Counsel who did nothing to stop election fraud and didn’t even have a law license when he was appointed to the position, obviously barring him from fighting for Republican candidates in court, ran unopposed for Chairman. President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, ran unopposed for the Vice Chair’s position. Both of them were elected unanimously.
According to a New York Post report, which noted the elitist and unusual nature of the Chairman vote:
The RNC typically holds multi-day meetings, but the election to replace McDaniel was held in the space of one morning.
There were just 38 proxies present at the meeting, coming in as substitutes for RNC members who couldn’t make the event that was announced just over a week before.
The accelerated nature of the meeting was noticed by one member who attempted to add “new business to the agenda.” The suggestion was met with some “yeas,” but was ultimately shot down with overwhelming “nays.”
One proxy in attendance told The Post that the voting session was a “coronation” at which “serfs” showed up to pledge their allegiance to the new regime before departing Houston on the first available flight.
Republican voters have expressed their dismay that President Trump backed Michael Whatley for the position, as Whatley, the North Carolina GOP Chairman, has failed to achieve much success, with NC Republicans having lost numerous seats in Congress under his purview, despite the semi-purple state trending heavily toward Republicans in recent statewide elections.
As mentioned, and as previously reported by National File, when Whatley was appointed General Counsel of the RNC, he had no law license, rendering him useless and barring him from actually going into court and fighting the type of election fraud America experienced in 2020.
As National File reported:
Though Whatley and the RNC claim that he is an “accomplished lawyer,” he had no law license from January 27th, 2017, until May 23rd, 2023, when he was re-instated to the North Carolina Bar, months after he was hired as the RNC’s General Counsel. According to the results of a search, Whatley has NEVER been registered with the Bar in Washington, D.C., where the RNC is headquartered.
Related: RNC General Counsel Michael Whatley Had No Law License When Ronna Romney Hired Him
What’s more, is that Whatley himself has been accused of rigging the 2023 North Carolina GOP Chairman’s vote, with his America First opponent, John Kane, telling National File that votes were cast on an unsecured app, some of them from out of state.
As National File reported at the time:
The convention was marred by voting chaos, and people even cast votes from out-of-state, despite the fact that the convention vote was to take place in person, at the convention.
“The irony is too rich almost to even articulate. We voted on an electronic app that was developed by a paid political consultant whose very livelihood relies on income from groups like the NC GOP. He has ties to the Koch Brothers,” Kane explained.
“This app had never been stress tested. It had no two-factor verification. It had no paper trail. The list of vulnerabilities is so long that I couldn’t begin to do them justice in the hour that we have together today.”
