RNC mulls crowning Trump ‘presumptive nominee’ after Iowa, New Hampshire wins
NY Post
Members of the Republican National Committee are set to consider a proposal that would enshrine Donald Trump as the party’s “presumptive nominee” for president, The Post confirmed Thursday.
The resolution was furnished by David Bossie, an RNC committeeman from Maryland former Trump 2016 deputy campaign manager, and comes as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continues to jockey with the 45th president for the party nod.
“Resolved, that the Republican National Committee hereby declares President Trump as our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of the United States and from this moment forward moves into full general election mode welcoming supporters of all,” the resolution said.
Bossie’s pitch, first reported by The Dispatch, cited Trump’s victories in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary and argued that “money spent from this moment forward” would be more wisely used opposing President Biden.
Haley’s campaign was unimpressed with the pre-emptive maneuver.
“Who cares what the RNC says? We’ll let millions of Republican voters across the country decide who should be our party’s nominee, not a bunch of Washington insiders,” said campaign spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas.
