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There are bigger problems at the RNC than Lara Trump

By Hayes Brown

Soon after former President Donald Trump locked up the GOP presidential nomination this month, his hand-picked choices — including his daughter-in-law Lara Trump — were anointed to lead the Republican National Committee. A Trump helping steer the RNC is enough cause for alarm, but there are other, more worrying problems festering. Reports that prospective staffers are being asked whether Democrats stole the 2020 election suggest that the RNC won’t even pretend to put the interests of the party above Trump’s interests. And if President Joe Biden beats Trump again, then the RNC’s reconfiguration could determine whether the party accepts the results or helps cause more chaos.

Despite Lara Trump’s claim in an interview with NBC News that “I think we’re past that. I think that’s in the past,” Donald Trump continues to insist that the 2020 election was “rigged” and that attempts to hold him accountable for his alleged crimes are “election interference.” The Washington Post reported Tuesday that in recent job interviews for RNC positions, “Trump advisers have quizzed multiple employees who had worked in key 2024 states about their views on the last presidential election.”

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