United States: Donald Trump wants to place three of his close friends at the head of the Republican Party
As the US presidential election in November 2024 approaches, Donald Trump is strengthening his hold on the Republican Party (nicknamed the
Grand Old Party
). The former president wants to install three of his close friends at his head, including his own daughter-in-law Lara Trump, to replace the current president, whose departure he obtained.
Donald Trump and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on January 23, 2024 in Nashua, New Hampshire. AP - Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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With our correspondent in Miami,
David Thomson
The leadership of the Republican Party was already subject to
Donald Trump
, it should be even more so after this purge. The former president announces that he wants to replace her with a trio from his closest guard. His daughter-in-law Lara Trump, a former sports
coach
, would become co-chair alongside Chris LaCivita, his current campaign manager.
As for the post of president, Trump wants to entrust it to Michael Whatley, a faithful little known to the general public and current head of the party in North Carolina. These appointments must still be the subject of an internal vote which should only be a simple formality.
The current president of the Republican Party has promised to resign
“
The Republican Party must be a good partner for the presidential election and guarantee transparent elections
,” justifies Trump in his press release. However, precisely, its three candidates have one thing in common: all have denounced imaginary electoral fraud and none recognizes Joe Biden's victory.
Current President Rona McDaniel, niece of moderate Mitt Romney, also denounced electoral fraud without providing proof, but she still recognized Biden's victory. Enough to doubt his loyalty to Trump.
Also read: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican elected official: “If Trump wins, American democracy risks not surviving”
For months, the former president and his supporters have accused him of not doing enough to support his campaign, particularly in fundraising. Under pressure, Rona McDaniel therefore promised to resign after the primary in South Carolina, on February 24.
Democratic Party wins new congressional seat in New York legislative by-election
President Joe Biden's Democratic Party won a seat in the House of Representatives in Washington on Tuesday night, replacing a Republican expelled from Congress for serial lying in a New York district. With this victory of centrist Democrat Tom Suozzi against Republican Mazi Pilip, according to projections from CNN and NBC television, the Democrats are further chipping away at the very slim majority of Donald Trump's Republican Party in the House: so far 219 Republican seats. against 212 Democrats and four vacant seats, nine months before the presidential and legislative elections to partially renew the Senate and the House.
In this New York constituency, which includes part of the borough of Queens and Nassau County on the Long Island peninsula, Tom Suozzi, who was already the representative there from 2016 to 2022, will replace Republican George Santos until 'in the next election in November. The 61-year-old elected official, an experienced politician, was delighted to have “
won
” despite a campaign of “
devious tricks
” and “
lies
”, particularly on the migration crisis which has destabilized New York since almost two years.
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