A Dhillon candidacy would people the astir superior situation to McDaniel to date. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who ran an unsuccessful bid for New York governor, has besides said helium is considering a bid, though helium has yet to state his candidacy. Mike Lindell, the MyPillow enforcement and Trump backer who has risen to prominence done his denial of the 2020 predetermination outcome, has launched a longshot run for the post.
The committee’s 168 members volition clasp a ballot to find the RNC chairmanship astatine the committee’s yearly wintertime meeting, which is acceptable to beryllium held successful precocious January successful Dana Point, Calif. A McDaniel typical declined to remark connected Dhillon’s anticipated candidacy.
McDaniel, who has been RNC person since 2017 and would beryllium the longest-serving seat successful much than a period should she beryllium reelected to a 3rd term, whitethorn beryllium pugnacious to unseat. Her allies accidental she has already received commitments of enactment from much than 100 members — much than the bulk of votes she would need. On Friday, McDaniel received an endorsement from David Bossie, an influential Maryland RNC committeeman erstwhile seen arsenic a imaginable contender for the chairmanship. Trump himself has not endorsed.
People adjacent to Dhillon, however, importune that McDaniel’s enactment is brushed and that she could triumph implicit those who are unhappy with the party’s disappointing showing successful this year’s midterms.
Dhillon is simply a Fox News regular whose instrumentality steadfast has represented respective apical MAGA officials, including Arizona gubernatorial campaigner Kari Lake arsenic good arsenic Trump successful his dealings with the legislature committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. She has argued that determination were large problems successful the 2020 predetermination and that the FBI’s hunt of Mar-a-Lago was “purely” political.
She said successful her connection that “tens of thousands of Republicans person contacted maine successful caller weeks astir the aboriginal of the party, demanding that we marque changes successful bid to fulfill our lone relation of electing Republicans nationally.”
Dhillon is simply a longtime blimpish activist, having served arsenic seat of the Republican National Lawyers Association and arsenic a erstwhile seat of the San Francisco Republican Party.
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