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Ousted by Trump: Republican Ronna McDaniel in Washington, DC

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The head of the Republican Party is resigning after weeks of public pressure from former US President Donald Trump.

Ronna McDaniel announced she would be leaving her post on March 8th.

This would allow the future Republican presidential candidate to decide who should move to the top of the party, she said, explaining her decision.

Primary elections will take place in more than a dozen states on March 5th.

It is expected that a preliminary decision will be made as to who the Republicans will send into the presidential election in November as a challenger to President Joe Biden.

There is little doubt that Trump will be nominated.

He has clearly won all five primaries held so far.

His only remaining opponent within the party, Nikki Haley, is increasingly seen as having no chance.

In addition to McDaniel, Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Drew McKissick also announced his resignation.

It's common for there to be a change in the RNC once the candidate is chosen, and she wants to stick to that tradition, McDaniel said.

The Republican National Organizing Committee is responsible, among other things, for coordinating the campaign strategy, collecting donations and organizing the nomination convention.

Trump had recently increasingly pushed for a change at the top of the RNC.

He brought his daughter-in-law Lara Trump into play as co-chair.

He recommended Michael Whatley as McDaniel's successor.

The head of the Republicans in North Carolina believes that the Democrat Biden only won the 2020 presidential election against the then incumbent Trump through fraud.

Trump has cemented his influence in the Republican Party, not least thanks to his winning streak in the primaries so far.

The next step for him is to completely unite the party and the Republican supporters behind him in time for the election in November.

Trump is controversial among Republicans; many party members want a policy similar to that of George W. Bush.

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