Last year, Trump endorsed Whatley, who is currently the RNC’s general counsel, to be the organization’s co-chair.
Bush, is reported to have won Trump’s support because he backs Trump’s baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen through widespread voter fraud. Whatley, a veteran GOP campaign operative who served in the administration of President George W.
Ronna McDaniel, who currently holds the post, has told Trump she will step down later this month, according to the Times. Trump is backing Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, to be the next Republican National Committee chair, the New York Times reported Feb. Former President Donald Trump’s choice to be the next chair of the national Republican Party briefly teamed up last election cycle with a voter fraud watchdog group closely tied to Cleta Mitchell, the conservative lawyer who played a key role in Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 vote.