From top to bottom, the national GOP organization could soon be rid of anyone seen as insufficiently MAGA.
First came the internal grumbling about Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.
Then came McDaniel’s decision to step down from her post at the end of February as she lost the support of Donald Trump.
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.
Next could come the purge.
“I think within 30 days you’ll see a purge of staffers from the RNC, because it’s a hotbed for anti-Trumpism,” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and host of the War Room podcast told The Daily Beast. “That’s the open secret.”
Skeptical holdouts within the RNC have gotten the message: Their days are numbered.
Brink?
Where’s John McCain, John Bohner, Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy?
The purge happened a decade ago in the House. That’s what the fucking problem is. Do you seriously think the Party of George W. Bush / John McCain would be helping Russia right now?
Well John McCain is… Not around for obvious reasons. But you can also add John Kasich, Liz Cheney, and Mike Pence to the list.
You could probably replace John McCain with Mitt Romney? He has somewhat recently voiced dissatisfaction IIRC.
Actually, hell, Darth Cheney himself is still somehow alive. He can’t be happy with the way his dream of American exceptionalism has turned out with respect to the current state of the Republican party.