‘We’re Not the Messengers’: RNC Chair Visibly Frustrated While Being Grilled by Laura Ingram
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel rejected criticism of her track record Saturday in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham. McDaniel appeared to deny that the RNC played a role in…

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel rejected criticism of her track record Saturday in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
McDaniel appeared to deny that the RNC played a role in persuading American voters of the Republican message — instead merely acting as a “turnout machine” for those who already agree with Republican policies.
The responsibility for losing GOP campaigns, she suggested, belonged with the candidates and their advisers.
McDaniel, the RNC’s chairwoman since 2017, was responding to fierce criticism from national Republicans such as presidential nomination contender Vivek Ramaswamy.
“We’re not the messengers. We don’t create the messages for the campaigns,” McDaniel told Ingraham.
“Those are the consultants who get very well paid.”
Ingraham cited reports that the RNC had failed to provide financial assistance to Republican candidates in Virginia’s legislative election.
“These were state House and Senate races,” McDaniel said. “The RNC is a federal committee.”
However, in October, National Review reported that


