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Now that a Trump lackey (Michael Whatley) is running the RNC, and a Trump in-law (Lara Trump) is second-in-command, it's apparently time for some (early) spring cleaning. So yesterday, more than 60 employees of the Committee got whacked. That's out of roughly 200 total staffers, so close to one-third of the folks who worked under Ronna Romney McDaniel will join her in the unemployment line.
The Trumpers are asserting that the RNC had become bloated. Maybe that's true; if there's anything a Trump supporter should know about, it's what "bloated" looks like. Exactly what will be done with the money saved, however, is an excellent guess. Will it go to more effective fundraising? To the campaigns of Republican candidates for office? To the Trump presidential campaign? To pay Trump's legal bills? Anything is possible, but we kinda suspect it's Door #4.
Meanwhile, one has to assume that the people who got to keep their jobs are the most fanatical/pro-Trump members of the RNC. In particular, Whatley is a devoted "stop the steal" guy, and one can envision him terminating anyone who isn't on board with that. After all, if Trump loses again, he'll undoubtedly claim fraud again, and head to court again. We don't agree with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on too many things, but she concurs with us that: "MAGA is now in control of the Republican Party!"
And it's not just the RNC where purges are taking place. Robin Vos (R), who is Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, has been deemed not sufficiently Trumpy. Vos' colleagues wouldn't boot him from his high perch, however, and so the MAGA faction is working to remove him from office entirely. They've gathered 10,000 signatures, and say they have cleared the bar needed to trigger a recall election. Within a couple of weeks, we'll know if the Wisconsin courts agree.
When you put a bunch of sharks in a tank, and then the food runs out, the sharks start eating each other. Hard to imagine why that bit of trivia is on our minds at this moment. (Z)