Transition of Power

Michael Whatley Accepts Trump’s Request to Remain RNC Chair

Under Whatley’s leadership, the GOP took back the White House, the Senate, and kept the House in the Nov. 5 election.
Michael Whatley Accepts Trump’s Request to Remain RNC Chair
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is introduced by North Carolina Republican Party chairman Michael Whatley (R) before speaking at the North Carolina GOP convention dinner in Greenville, N.C., on June 5, 2021. Jonathan Drake/Reuters
Jackson Richman
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Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s request to remain in his role.

In a Dec. 4 post on Truth Social, Trump praised Whatley for doing “an OUTSTANDING and HISTORIC JOB” alongside RNC co-chair Lara Trump, the president-elect’s daughter-in-law.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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