The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee</a> and the presidential campaign for former President Donald Trump announced on Friday a plan to mobilize over 100,000 &#8220;election integrity&#8221; volunteers and lawyers across expected battleground states for the 2024 election.
The plan will include having people to monitor both polling voting sites and ballot tabulation centers in what the RNC <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/trump-campaign-and-rnc-unveil-historic-100000-person-strong-election-integrity-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the “most extensive and monumental election integrity program in the nation&#8217;s history.” An “Election Integrity Hotline” will be set up in each battleground state where lawyers will monitor questions or concerns from those monitoring the voting. States typically included as battlegrounds include Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Nevada. 
“Every ballot. Every precinct. Every processing center. Every county. Every battleground state. We will be there,” said RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump. &#8220;The RNC is hiring hundreds of election integrity staff across the map – more than ever before because our Party will be recruiting thousands of more observers to protect the vote in 2024. These campaign officials in states are tasked with recruiting, training, and when possible, shifting poll watchers and poll workers day in and day out.&#8221;
The efforts were backed by Trump, who has frequently raised questions about the results of the 2020 election. 
“Having the right people to count the ballots is just as important as turning out voters on Election Day,” Trump said. “Republicans are now working together to protect the vote and ensure a big win on November 5th!”
The RNC said that it would have five primary focuses for observation and potential litigation including voting machine testing, early voting, election day voting, mail ballot processing, and post-election audits and recounts. 
&#8220;Election integrity is the foundation of our democracy,&#8221; said RNC Chair Michael Whatley. &#8220;Through this unprecedented program, we are mobilizing lawyers and volunteers who are committed to preserving the sanctity of our elections.&#8221;
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The plan has already drawn criticism from Democrats who claim that the Republicans are trying to suppress the vote. 
&#8220;I think they are going to have a massive voter suppression operation and it is going to involve very, very large numbers of people and very, very large numbers of lawyers,&#8221; Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-rnc-vote-monitor-election-integrity-rcna148557" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC. &#8220;I think we need to take the RNC literally and seriously — except on their numbers.&#8221;
In recent weeks, the RNC has filed numerous election-related lawsuits in states like Michigan and Nevada, which are both expected to be crucial for deciding the presidential election. Currently, the RealClearPolitics <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling average</a> shows Trump with a 0.4-point lead over President Joe Biden.

Donald Trump Hosts Caucus Night Watch Party In Las Vegas

RNC To Mobilize 100,000 ‘Election Integrity’ Workers Across Battleground States

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Despite criticizing former President Donald Trump for using campaign donations to help pay his massive legal bills, Democrats also used campaign funds to help President Joe Biden pay lawyers during the special counsel probe into his handling of classified documents, according to Axios.
The outlet <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/12/dnc-covered-biden-legal-bills-special-counsel-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday that between July 2023 and February 2024, the Democratic National Committee paid over $1.5 million to lawyers or firms that represented Biden during the classified documents probe, according to the DNC’s financial filings. In recent days, the Biden campaign has slammed Trump for spending campaign donations on legal fees while claiming that “every single dime” given to the Biden-Harris campaign is spent on “talking to voters.”
“Every single dime that you give to the Biden-Harris re-election campaign we spend talking to voters,” Biden Campaign Finance Chair Rufus Gifford told MSNBC last weekend.
“What is [Trump] doing? He might put up some money tonight with his billionaire friends in a closed-door fundraiser in Palm Beach. We understand that,” Gifford continued, adding. “We are not spending money on legal bills. We are not hawking gold sneakers or any of that stuff. The money that we are raising, we are going straight to talking to voters.”
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Biden-Harris Finance Chair <a href="https://twitter.com/rufusgifford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rufusgifford</a>: Every single time you give to the campaign, we&#39;re going straight to talk to voters, with 100 offices open in swing states, hundreds of thousands of calls to voters. We are not spending money on legal bills or hawking gold sneakers <a href="https://t.co/AY9qYtQ0L0">pic.twitter.com/AY9qYtQ0L0</a>
&mdash; Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1776663978388701398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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As it turns out, Democrats have also spent a significant amount of money covering the president during his own legal challenges. From July of last year through February 2024, the DNC paid just over $1 million to Bob Bauer PLLC, the professional limited liability company of Biden’s top Lawyer Bob Bauer. Additionally, beginning in July 2023, the DNC increased monthly payments to the Hemenway &amp; Barnes law firm from $15,000 a month to $100,000 a month during special counsel Robert Hur’s probe into Biden.
The DNC did not reveal exactly how much it had spent on legal fees for Biden during Hur’s investigation, which ultimately resulted in no charges. Hur <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials,” but did not suggest bringing any charges, in part, because a jury would view Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
The Republican National Committee paid around $1.6 million to cover some of Trump’s legal fees in 2021 that stemmed from the civil business fraud case. At the time, a DNC spokeswoman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/rnc-trump-investigations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times, “If we were the RNC’s donors, we would certainly be asking questions.”
Biden’s legal fees pale in comparison to Trump’s $100 million in legal bills, not including the $175 million bond he recently posted in his New York civil business fraud case. As Trump faces the mounting fees, the Biden campaign has jumped out to an early <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rnc-posts-impressive-fundraising-haul-in-march-but-remain-far-behind-bidens-war-chest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraising lead</a>, but a reported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brings-in-50-5-million-at-campaign-fundraising-event-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$50 million haul</a> from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago fundraiser event last Saturday pushes him closer to the Biden campaign’s numbers.
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The president has poked fun at his rival’s legal fees, <a href="https://rollcall.com/2024/03/21/i-cant-help-you-biden-jabs-at-trump-during-southwest-swing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipping</a> last month, “Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, I need your help. I’m being crushed with debt. I’m completely wiped out.’ I had to say, ‘Donald, I can’t help you.&#8217;”

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Dems Used Campaign Funds To Pay For Biden’s Legal Bills While Hitting Trump For Doing The Same Thing

Dems Used Campaign Funds To Pay For Biden's Legal Bills While Hitting Trump For Doing The Same Thing

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MSNBC took a wave of backlash after it aired an interview with former Stormy Daniels attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-interviews-convicted-felon-michael-avenatti-from-prison-about-trump-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Avenatti</a> — who had to take the call from the prison where he&#8217;s serving time — after hosts and employees made it clear that former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel would not be an acceptable addition to the network.
Host Ari Melber interviewed the disgraced attorney, who was sentenced in late 2022 to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-michael-avenatti-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison-for-financial-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serve 14 years</a> for wire-fraud and obstruction, about the potential outcome of the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump. &#8220;I think [Trump] will be convicted,&#8221; Avenatti said.
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Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer Michael Avenatti on the New York trial outcome: “I think [Trump] will be convicted.” <a href="https://t.co/dPa7TzLEe8">pic.twitter.com/dPa7TzLEe8</a>
&mdash; The Beat with Ari Melber 📺 (@TheBeatWithAri) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBeatWithAri/status/1777833597208056163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Critics were quick to note that MSNBC, where employees and hosts banded together to shut down NBC News&#8217; plan to hire McDaniel as a commentator, didn&#8217;t appear to believe that inviting a convicted felon to comment — from prison, no less — was an issue.
&#8220;MSNBC and like-minded two weeks ago: &#8220;We must keep liars like Ronna McDaniel off of our airwaves!&#8221; Fox News contributor Joe Concha posted, sharing a screenshot from Melber&#8217;s show.
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MSNBC and like-minded two weeks ago: &quot;We must keep liars like Ronna McDaniel off of our airwaves!&quot;
Also MSNBC last night: <a href="https://t.co/rPCAZJ7ukA">https://t.co/rPCAZJ7ukA</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1778013079353073890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You guys are beyond great. Just give Michael Cohen and Avenatti a show together already. For those wondering, Avenatti did this interview from federal prison. Just the guy you call in these situations. Our media is broken well, well beyond repair,&#8221; Concha said in another post.
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You guys are beyond great. Just give Michael Cohen and Avenatti a show together already. 
For those wondering, Avenatti did this interview from federal prison. Just the guy you call in these situations. 
Our media is broken well, well beyond repair. <a href="https://t.co/uYYywSvjJF">https://t.co/uYYywSvjJF</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1777853423037124979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What so often makes American politics such compelling entertainment is the cast of grifters and characters &#8211; but also the shamelessness of here getting legal advice from Michael Avenatti *who is in a US federal prison for fraud*,&#8221; X user Gray Connolly added.
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What so often makes American politics such compelling entertainment is the cast of grifters and characters &#8211; but also the shamelessness of here getting legal advice from Michael Avenatti *who is in a US federal prison for fraud* <a href="https://t.co/HPUYGbVPyb">https://t.co/HPUYGbVPyb</a>
&mdash; Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1777883893494054953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;MSNBC LOGIC: Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel isn’t allowed on air and we will riot in order to end her NBC contributorship. But disgraced lawyer and extortionist Michael Avenatti is allowed to call in to MSNBC Primetime from federal prison,&#8221; conservative communications strategist Steve Guest said in a post to X.
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MSNBC LOGIC:
Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel isn’t allowed on air and we will riot in order to end her NBC contributorship.
But disgraced lawyer and extortionist Michael Avenatti is allowed to call in to MSNBC Primetime from federal prison. <a href="https://t.co/Ah5uaG7G63">pic.twitter.com/Ah5uaG7G63</a>
&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1778054263446310964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Conservative radio host Erick Erickson said, &#8220;Ronna McDaniel is too much for MSNBC, but not this guy. Comcast keeps making these choices.&#8221;
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Ronna McDaniel is too much for MSNBC, but not this guy. Comcast keeps making these choices. <a href="https://t.co/wlgdgAELZq">https://t.co/wlgdgAELZq</a>
&mdash; Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1778034703955579021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Remember like last week when MSNBC hosts feigned bravery for opposing Ronna McDaniel’s hiring? Anyway, they’re now doing jailhouse interviews with Avenatti,&#8221; another X user posted.
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Remember like last week when MSNBC hosts feigned bravery for opposing Ronna McDaniel’s hiring? 
Anyway, they’re now doing jailhouse interviews with Avenatti. <a href="https://t.co/9zmZcTeiUj">https://t.co/9zmZcTeiUj</a>
&mdash; Sunny (@sunnyright) <a href="https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/1778054714946412736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The fourth estate is now happily playing liimbo with the corpse of journalism being used as the bar,&#8221; another said.
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The fourth estate is now happily playing liimbo with the corpse of journalism being used as the bar. <a href="https://t.co/pFE9Ofg01D">https://t.co/pFE9Ofg01D</a>
&mdash; Rick “No One” Robinson 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 (@RowdyRick73) <a href="https://twitter.com/RowdyRick73/status/1777878724454576475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Michael Avenatti Appears In Court For Hearing In Case Accusing Him Of Stealing Funds From Stormy Daniels

MSNBC Mocked For Airing Avenatti Prison Interview After Rejecting Ex-RNC Chair

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After former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-party-fundraising-fc057119f3bb5cb2a34a00ccd93fbb13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">touted</a> a record-breaking fundraiser in Florida this weekend, leaders of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee (RNC)</a> said they are focused on &#8220;key&#8221; battleground states — including one where <a href="https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/trump-plans-atlanta-fundraiser-this-month-as-georgia-gop-2020-campaign-allies-plan-to-share-stage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another fundraiser</a> is planned — and districts.
The former president&#8217;s daughter-in-law, RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ueJ8b-ix3M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke on Sunday</a> with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo along with RNC Chairman Michael Whatley about how they are pressing forward after a reported $50.5 million draw at the fundraiser, a figure that almost doubles the amount President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign said it <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-raises-record-26-million-at-star-studded-new-york-campaign-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised at a glitzy New York event</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-whatley-lara-trump-elected-to-lead-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">month into their tenure</a>.
&#8220;There are the key battleground states &#8230; that we really do have to focus on,&#8221; Lara Trump said on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; listing Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Michigan as priorities. She said Georgia, which President Joe Biden narrowly won in 2020, is another <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/the-2024-swing-states-why-georgia-could-sway-the-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swing state</a> where her father-in-law is setting his sights while another high-dollar fundraiser is <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/billionaires-marcus-sprecher-to-host-trump-atlanta-fundraiser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set to take place in Atlanta</a> this week.
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&#8220;You&#8217;re going to see another huge fund-raising haul out of that state next week as well from President Trump,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And so, listen, all the battleground states, we&#8217;re highly focused on. There are 19 key counties around the country we must win in order to ensure Donald Trump becomes the 47th president. We are incredibly focused on doing all that.&#8221;
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-party-fundraising-fc057119f3bb5cb2a34a00ccd93fbb13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the $50.5 million figure reported by Donald Trump&#8217;s re-election campaign from a donor event in Palm Beach, Florida, would be a single-event record that far outmatch Biden&#8217;s the $26 million said to be raised at a recent event at Radio City Music Hall in New York that featured celebrities and former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
In the days prior, data <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/03/trump-rnc-raised-65-6-million-march-00150300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by POLITICO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rnc-posts-impressive-fundraising-haul-in-march-but-remain-far-behind-bidens-war-chest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> Trump and the RNC gathered $65.6 million in March and had $93.1 cash on hand by the end of the month. Those may be strong numbers, but a good deal of money is going toward <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/politics/trump-legal-bills-rnc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump&#8217;s legal bills</a> as he tries to fight off criminal and civil cases. And overall, they would appear to be lagging behind the Biden campaign, which <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/06/biden-campaign-march-fundraising-90-million-00150868" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it raised $90 million in March and had $192 million on hand.
Whatley said funds raised will be allocated to &#8220;core missions&#8221; for the RNC, which he described as &#8220;getting out the vote and protecting the ballot. He added, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to make sure that we are focusing on the battleground states and districts where we need to be competitive and making sure that every dollar that we raise is going to be putting lead on target.&#8221;

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RNC Chiefs Share ‘Key’ Areas Of Focus After Monster Trump Fundraiser

RNC Chiefs Share 'Key' Areas Of Focus After Monster Trump Fundraiser

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On Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee (RNC)</a> launched a website that is a nod to former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> predicting a &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; for the United States if he does not win a second term in the 2024 election — comments that drew controversy because legacy media coverage downplayed how he was talking about the auto industry.
The <a href="https://bidenbloodbath.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, BidenBloodbath.com, is focused on highlighting the &#8220;horrors&#8221; of the border crisis under the leadership of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="https://www.gop.com/press-release/rnc-launches-bidenbloodbathcom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the RNC</a>. A statement said the website provides the &#8220;latest data&#8221; and &#8220;real-time messaging&#8221; to activists who sign up for updates. It also features subpages with statistics for various battleground states and a link to a fundraising page that says &#8220;Biden Bloodbath&#8221; in all caps.
&#8220;Biden is allowing vicious criminals, illegal drugs, gangs and terrorists into the United States. He alone has the power to reverse course and secure our border to protect our communities, yet he refuses to take action,&#8221; said Trump campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez. &#8220;Biden is prioritizing illegal immigrants over Americans. That’s why in November, we will vote to send President Donald J. Trump back to the White House to put an end to Biden&#8217;s border bloodbath.&#8221;
The move comes weeks after Lara Trump, the former president&#8217;s daughter-in-law, and Michael Whatley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-whatley-lara-trump-elected-to-lead-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were elected</a> to lead the RNC after Ronna McDaniel announced she would be stepping down as chairwoman. It also follows polling from Gallup that showed immigration <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/611135/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rose to the top</a> of the list of what Americans view as the most important problem facing the United States.
Last month, legacy media outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/complete-propaganda-media-and-biden-campaign-blasted-over-coverage-of-trumps-bloodbath-prediction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced blowback</a> for highlighting Trump&#8217;s warning of a &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; if he does not win re-election with headlines that failed to mention he was talking about the auto industry. Biden&#8217;s campaign <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1769163262283706801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> on the &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; remark without a single mention of cars but repeated mentions of violence, alleging Trump &#8220;wants another January 6.&#8221;
“The Fake News Media, and their Democrat Partners in the destruction of our Nation, pretended to be shocked at my use of the word BLOODBATH, even though they fully understood that I was simply referring to imports allowed by Crooked Joe Biden, which are killing the automobile industry,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-slams-fake-news-media-after-spin-on-auto-industry-bloodbath-prediction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on his Truth Social platform. “The United Auto Workers, but not their leadership, fully understand what I mean.”
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Biden&#8217;s campaign also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qbj5e0pea1I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released an ad</a> that featured Trump&#8217;s &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; comment — again without context — with dramatic music as well as clips related to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/confederate-monuments-at-center-of-deadly-unite-the-right-rally-to-come-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Unite the Right&#8221; rally</a> in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 and the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
&#8220;The Trump campaign can try to spin all they want, but the context is clear: their candidate has spent every moment since his first campaign encouraging and excusing political violence. Repeatedly,&#8221; said Biden campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-trump-bloodbath-2024-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Axios</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a bug, it&#8217;s a feature of Donald Trump&#8217;s extremism. We take Trump at his word — and voters will too.&#8221;

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RNC Unveils ‘Biden Bloodbath’ Website Highlighting Border Crisis

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee</a> filed another election-related lawsuit against Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over her enforcement of signature verification law.
The <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/Summonses_Verified_Complaint_and_Exhibits_1711648258.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, filed on Thursday, says that Benson directed local election officials before the February 2024 presidential primary election to presume that an absentee voter’s signature was legitimate. The RNC <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-sues-michigan-secretary-of-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> this directive as “secret instructions” that were given “outside the public eye.”
“Michigan’s State Constitution is very clear: election officials have to verify the identity of voters casting absentee ballots,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley said in a statement. “Jocelyn Benson is yet again working to undermine election integrity by secretly instructing officials to disregard and circumvent these clear requirements. The RNC is suing Benson because Michiganders deserve election integrity, not underhanded Democrat schemes.”
The lawsuit said that the presumption of validity undercut state law requiring verification of absentee ballot signatures.
“While the Michigan Constitution expressly mandates that election officials ‘verify the identity’ of any voter who applies for an absent voter ballot or who votes an absent voter ballot other than in person by completing the signature comparison scheme outlined above, see Const 1963, art 2, § 4(1)(h), the Secretary has instructed local election officials to apply a ‘presumption of validity’ to those signatures,” the lawsuit says.
The suit was filed in Michigan state court by the RNC, the Michigan Republican Party, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and several Michigan voters. The plaintiffs want Benson’s actions to be declared unlawful and they want a judge to make her retract her Signature Verification Instructions.
Similar instructions from Benson before the November 2020 election <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/15/judge-rules-secretary-state-bensons-ballot-signature-verification-guidance-invalid/4699927001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were ruled</a> &#8220;invalid&#8221; in March 2021 with a state judge saying that Benson had acted outside of the law. Michigan is again expected to be a hotly contested state with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump gearing up for a rematch.
Earlier this month, the RNC filed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rnc-sues-michigan-secretary-of-state-over-inflated-voter-rolls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another lawsuit</a> against Benson, accusing her office of maintaining inaccurate voter rolls.
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According to the <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_Complaint_1710344302.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, at least 53 counties in Michigan have more active registered voters than adult citizens over the age of 18. According to the RNC, the number of counties with registration rates above 100% ballooned after 2020, when only one county had that rate.
The suit also said that 23 counties have voter-registration rates of over 90% of eligible adults registered, which is far above the average national and statewide rate.
Under Whatley’s leadership, the RNC hired two new election-focused lawyers, Charlie Spies, who will serve as the RNC’s chief counsel, and Christina Bobb, a Trump campaign lawyer who has challenged the outcome of the 2020 election.

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MSNBC President Rashida Jones reportedly recruited Ronna McDaniel to appear on the network before the former head of the Republican National Committee (RNC) was fired amid internal backlash.
NBC announced on Tuesday that McDaniel would no longer appear on the network. The announcement came days after the former RNC head was hired to be a contributor on the network, prompting backlash from NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd and others on NBC’s sister network, MSNBC. 
Executives at NBC, seemingly bowing to the pressure, soon severed ties with McDaniel. Many of those executives, including the president of MSNBC, had roles in convincing McDaniel to join the network. Jones met with McDaniel via video call in March and was part of offering McDaniel a better contract to convince her to appear on MSNBC as well as NBC, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/27/ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-msnbc-contract/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>.
“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned. Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal,” NBC Universal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde wrote in a note to staff announcing McDaniel’s exit from the network. “I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it.”
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the group that represented McDaniel during her contract negotiations with the network, reportedly dropped the former RNC head as well, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/nbc-news-ronna-mcdaniel-contributor-1235860170/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.
The open revolt against NBC’s decision to hire McDaniel began with Todd, the former host of “Meet the Press,” blasting the network on his former show, now moderated by Kristen Welker. McDaniel’s first appearance on NBC had been an interview with Welker, which was booked before McDaniel’s contract with NBC was announced.
“You got put into an impossible situation, booking this interview, and then all of a sudden the rug was pulled out from under you, and you find out she’s being paid to show up?” Todd <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/chuck-todd-blasts-nbc-news-ronna-mcdaniel-hire-1235950591/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Sunday. “It’s unfortunate for this program, but I am glad you did the best that you could.”
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“Our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation,” he added. Others at the network accused McDaniel of threatening democracy over her actions in the 2020 election and criticized her support for former President Donald Trump.
News networks hiring former political officials, operatives, and others is nothing new to the media. George Stephanopoulos, former White House communications director in the Clinton administration, hosts “Good Morning America” on ABC. Kayleigh McEnany, who served Trump as White House press secretary, is now a cohost on Fox News’ “Outnumbered.” Jen Psaki, who previously performed McEnany’s role but for President Joe Biden, hosts a show on MSNBC.
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NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd slammed his network during a Sunday broadcast of &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; after NBC hired former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor.
Todd discussed McDaniel&#8217;s hiring with journalist Kristen Welker, who recently sat down with McDaniel for an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/ronna-mcdaniel-says-there-was-tension-between-rnc-and-trump-campaign-over-debates-full-interview-207575621720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on the relationship between the Trump campaign and the RNC in the aftermath of the 2020 election. McDaniel stepped down from her role as chair of the RNC following a private meeting in February with former President Donald Trump, who tapped her to lead the party after his 2016 presidential election victory.
“Let me deal with the elephant in the room,&#8221; Todd said, looking at Welker. &#8220;I think our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation because I don’t know what to believe. [McDaniel] is now a paid contributor by NBC News. I have no idea whether any answer she gave to you was because she didn’t want to mess up her contract.&#8221;
&#8220;She wants us to believe that she was speaking for the RNC when the RNC was paying for her, so she has credibility issues that she still has to deal with,&#8221; Todd added. &#8220;Is she speaking for herself or is she speaking on behalf of who is paying for her?”
Todd went on to say that he believes many NBC journalists &#8220;are uncomfortable&#8221; with McDaniel&#8217;s hiring &#8220;because many of our professional dealings with the RNC over the last six years have been met with gaslighting, have been met with character assassination.&#8221;
&#8220;When NBC made the decision to give her NBC News&#8217; credibility, you have to ask yourself, &#8216;What does she bring NBC News?'&#8221;
Todd added that there&#8217;s an argument to be made for the network bringing McDaniel on to get more access to the Republican Party.
&#8220;If you told me we were hiring her as a technical adviser to the Republican convention, I think that would be certainly defensible,&#8221; he said.
In his critique of NBC, Todd did not mention former RNC Chair Michael Steele, who has worked as a regular MSNBC contributor since 2011. Steele endorsed Joe Biden in his 2020 run against Trump and <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/24/lincoln-project-michael-steele-former-head-rnc-joins-anti-trump-group/5625888002/">joined</a> the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.
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McDaniel officially announced her resignation weeks before the RNC <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-whatley-lara-trump-elected-to-lead-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> Michael Whatley as chair and Trump&#8217;s daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the party.
“President Trump deserves to have the team he wants in place at the RNC,” McDaniel said.
“I will do everything possible to re-elect President Trump in November,” she added. “And I ask all of you out there who worked so hard during this primary season or supported another candidate, that you come in and join me in supporting our president as well.”
Todd was ripped for his comments on &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; as many conservatives pointed out that many who are employed by NBC News, including Todd, previously worked for Democrats.
&#8220;Chuck Todd was a Dem staffer. Tim Russert was a Dem staffer. George [Stephanopoulos] was a senior Dem WH staffer. Jen Psaki was a senior Dem WH staffer. But, NBC hired a Republican??!!?! It’s the end of the world,&#8221; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1772052309482012839" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1772062012320763942">added</a>, &#8220;Chuck Todd, a dangerous propagandist who has pushed the Russia collusion lie FOR YEARS, trashes his employers and warns about &#8216;gaslighting&#8217; and &#8216;credibility&#8217; because NBC &#8212; which employs Democrat activists Jen Psaki and Kristen Welker, etc. &#8212; hired a single Republican.&#8221;

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Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguliar, a Democrat, was sued by the Republican National Committee (RNC) last week as the party alleges the 2024 battleground state has “impossibly high” voter rolls.
The <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_1710786804.pdf?_gl=1*5emnih*_gcl_au*NDQ2OTY4MTU4LjE3MDc4MzM4MDQ.&amp;_ga=2.198330927.1627804447.1710856647-1306212077.1707833805" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges that Aguliar and five county clerks failed to properly maintain the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
“Section 8 of the NVRA requires States to maintain clean and accurate voter registration records,” the lawsuit begins. “Nevada has failed to live up to the NVRA’s requirements. At least five counties in Nevada have inordinately high voter registration rates.”
The RNC goes on to allege that three Nevada counties count more registered voters than there are adult citizens, and two additional counties “have voter registration rates that exceed 90 percent of adult citizens over the age of 18,” a number that “far eclipses the national and statewide voter registration rate in recent elections.”
“Based on this and other evidence, Defendants are failing to make a reasonable effort to conduct appropriate list maintenance as required by the NVRA,” the lawsuit states.
Nevada, which has been won by Democratic candidates in every presidential election since 2008, is currently a toss-up in the 2024 presidential race. Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in the state by just over four points, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/nevada/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.
Newly-elected RNC Chair Michael Whatley <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-files-election-integrity-lawsuit-in-nevada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on the lawsuit, saying that looking into the voter rolls “is a critical step towards ensuring that it will be easy to vote and hard to cheat.”
“Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls accurate and up-to-date. Nevada has universal mail voting and no voter ID requirement, which makes Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s failure to comply with the NVRA and provide accurate voter rolls all the more concerning,” Whatley said.
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The lawsuit mirrors one the RNC filed against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson earlier this month, alleging that multiple counties in the vital swing state have “inflated voter rolls,” The Daily Caller <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/19/state-official-rnc-nevada-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The outlet also <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/14/republican-national-committee-rnc-donald-trump-election-integrity-2024-lawsuit-voting-rights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the RNC is working with the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee on an expansive effort to combat voter fraud ahead of the 2024 election as the Trump campaign reshapes party leadership.
Last week, the RNC <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-hires-lawyers-focused-election-related-concerns-rcna143130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hired</a> two new lawyers, Charlie Spies, who will serve as the RNC&#8217;s chief counsel, and Christina Bobb, a Trump campaign lawyer who has challenged the results of the 2020 election. The new additions to the RNC’s legal team came as Whatley, the former chair of the North Carolina GOP, took over for Ronna McDaniel as the party’s national chair, and Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump was elected RNC co-chair.

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The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, saying that her office has not maintained accurate voter rolls. 
The RNC lawsuit says that Michigan&#8217;s mismanagement undermines election integrity and allows ineligible voters to cast ballots. Benson is accused of violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). 
&#8220;Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls accurate and up-to-date,&#8221; new RNC Chairman Michael Whatley <a href="https://www.gop.com/press-release/rnc-files-voter-roll-maintenance-lawsuit-against-michigan-secretary-of-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Jocelyn Benson has failed to follow the NVRA, leaving Michigan with inflated and inaccurate voter rolls ahead of the 2024 election.&#8221;
According to the <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_Complaint_1710344302.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, at least 53 counties in Michigan have more active registered voters than adult citizens over the age of 18. According to the RNC, the number of counties with registration rates above 100% ballooned after 2020, when only one county had that rate. 
The suit also said that 23 counties have voter-registration rates of over 90% of eligible adults registered, which is far above the average national and statewide rate.
The suit says, “The RNC and its members are concerned that Defendants’ failure to comply with the NVRA’s voter-list maintenance obligations undermines the integrity of elections by increasing the opportunity for ineligible voters or voters intent on fraud to cast ballots.” 
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, the suit says that the registration rates were calculated using Census Bureau data. It was filed days after new leadership, backed by former President Donald Trump, took the reins at the RNC. 
“Michigan’s impossibly high registration rates, large rates of inactive registered voters, low numbers of address confirmations, and low numbers of removals indicate an ongoing, systemic problem with its voter list maintenance effort violates federal law and jeopardizes the integrity of the State’s upcoming elections,” the suit says. 
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Benson <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2024/03/republican-national-committee-sues-jocelyn-benson-over-bloated-voter-rolls.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the lawsuit as a publicity stunt. 
“Let’s call this what it is: a PR campaign masquerading as a meritless lawsuit filled with baseless accusations that seek to diminish people’s faith in the security of our elections,” she said. “Shame on anyone who abuses the legal process to sow seeds of doubt in our democracy.”
Michigan will be one of the key states to watch in November as polls show a tight race between Trump and President Joe Biden. Biden’s support in the state has faltered somewhat as he faces protests from Muslim-majority areas upset with his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas.

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Former President Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican National Committee (RNC) was further secured on Friday as his picks for the party&#8217;s leadership positions were unanimously elected.
The RNC voted on the chair and co-chair positions during its leadership meetings in Houston weeks after Ronna McDaniel announced she would be stepping down from RNC chairwoman. Shortly after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ronna-mcdaniel-to-step-down-at-rnc-after-trump-calls-for-removal-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> of McDaniel’s departure began swirling following Trump&#8217;s request that she step down, the former president endorsed Michael Whatley for chair and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump for co-chair, and both were elected by unanimous voice vote.
“President Trump deserves to have the team he wants in place at the RNC,” McDaniel <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/tearful-ronna-mcdaniel-hands-rnc-reins-over-to-lara-trump-michael-whatley-at-houston-coronation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> as she officially announced her resignation on Friday.
“I will do everything possible to re-elect President Trump in November,” she added. “And I ask all of you out there who worked so hard during this primary season or supported another candidate, that you come in and join me in supporting our president as well.”
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McDaniel was picked by Trump to chair the RNC following his 2016 election victory. Criticism over McDaniel’s leadership began mounting following the Republican Party’s disappointing results across the country in the 2022 midterm elections.
Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, spoke to those gathered after becoming the new RNC chair and pointed ahead to the 2024 election.
“In less than eight months, we are going to determine the fate of not only the United States but of the entire world,” he <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?533963-1/republican-national-committee-elects-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And this body, the RNC, is going to be the vanguard of a movement that will work tirelessly, every single day to elect our nominee Donald J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States, flip the Senate, expand our majority in the House of Representatives.”
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Michael Whatley is elected RNC chair. <a href="https://t.co/xplqmXcM0s">pic.twitter.com/xplqmXcM0s</a>
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Whatley has served as the Republican state party leader in North Carolina since 2019 and also serves as general counsel for the RNC. Whatley formerly served in the George W. Bush administration and as chief of staff for former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC). He also advised the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign and the Trump-Pence transition team.
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In remarks following her election to co-chair, Lara Trump — the wife of Trump’s son Eric — stressed the importance of fundraising and held up a $100,000 check that she said the RNC had just received.
“We are going to make sure that every single penny of every dollar goes towards one goal, which is winning,” she said.
Last month, Lara Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lara-trump-republican-voters-absolutely-interested-in-rnc-paying-trumps-legal-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that GOP voters are “absolutely” interested in using RNC funds to help pay for her father-in-law’s mounting legal bills.
“That’s why you’ve seen a GoFundMe get started … people are furious right now and they see the attacks against him,” she said. “They feel like it’s an attack, not just on Donald Trump, but on this country … So I think that is a big interest to people. Absolutely.”

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) named former President Donald Trump the presumptive GOP nominee for president on Wednesday.
The RNC put out a <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-statement-congratulating-president-donald-trump-on-becoming-the-presumptive-nominee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> calling Trump the winner of the primary shortly after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday morning. Haley bowed out after a string of Super Tuesday losses that saw Trump make big gains in the delegate count ahead of the Republican convention.
“Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump on his huge primary victory! I’d also like to congratulate Nikki Haley for running a hard-fought campaign and becoming the first woman to win a Republican presidential primary contest,” RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
“President Trump once delivered a booming economy, secure border, energy independence, and America’s strength on the world stage, the exact opposite of the chaos created by Joe Biden,” she added. “Republican voters have spoken loud and clear with historically large margins and we are more united than ever to beat Biden and Democrats up and down the ballot in November.”
McDaniel has headed the RNC since 2017 and enjoyed support from Trump in that position until recently. Under <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/trump-ronna-mcdaniel-rnc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressure</a> from the former president, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/26/1233867070/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-resigns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the chairwoman announced</a> last week that she plans to step down this month. She is expected to leave her post on Friday, March 8.
McDaniel elicited anger from other members of her party when, in January, she urged Republicans to &#8220;unite&#8221; around Trump while other contenders were still vying for the GOP nomination.
Trump’s sweep of Super Tuesday states broke in Vermont, where Haley won the contest by roughly 4 points. It was Haley’s second primary victory of the cycle after she won in Washington, D.C., over the weekend.
Haley declined to speak after her lone Super Tuesday victory. Instead, her campaign released a statement touting Haley’s victory as a woman and warning of a “large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump.” Haley appeared on Wednesday morning to officially suspend her campaign. She did not endorse Trump.
Trump put out a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112049357098381588" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on his social media platform, Truth Social, claiming victory over Haley on Super Tuesday and inviting her supporters to back him.
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“Nikki Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion, despite the fact that Democrats, for reasons unknown, are allowed to vote in Vermont, and various other Republican Primaries,” Trump said.
“I’d like to thank my family, friends, and the Great Republican Party for helping me to produce, by far, the most successful Super Tuesday in HISTORY, and would further like to invite all of the Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our Nation. BIDEN IS THE ENEMY, HE IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” he wrote.

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