new state chairman and congratulate on his election,tef michigan. welcome. republican national committee. i want to congratulate the many new national committee members that have been. today, american samoa is the 25th state to cast republican process thank you for your hard work to send our candidate donald j. trump to the white house and with that, join me in thanking president trump for his work for our party and country and we recognize for the erming success he has achieved 90% of republican dell

gates and not only our presumptive nominee but the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] ■■ñ good morning fellow republicans,

how are you? are be republicans today? fantastic. thank you all so much for everything you all do for our party and state level, national level and hours and resources you put in to do everything you do just as i do that this matters, this makes a difference. this is important. i think we all live in the most blessed country, would you agree. and we have this wonderful thing in this self-government and gives us the opportunity to get involved and make change, but the first part t■> phrase is the most important part of that phrase. self-government. that's why we show up and get involv■)ed care, because as a member of this body, friend of ours said peron

ellis policy and peron ell matters and if policy is important, that means the peron ell are important and that meand that means what we do here is important. state level, local level, level, everything that we are making from campaign finance laws to election laws, you name it. it still matters and we do it right and we work together and makes a bigger difference. is not a spectator sport.

in south carolina we won in four districts before. deep blue territory. we got people engaged and showed them that it matters. we showed them what our party believes and we getcan win. what we have to remember, blue states, red states, etc., nothing is permanent in politics. nothing is pernent.there are nod states. there are no permanent blue states, cities, counties, all

there is the next we're one election away in the red state and having problems. you're one election away in a blue state and being able to celebrate. what do we think of the people standing next to us at work or at church and getting them involved to be successful. you don't win, you can't govern. you can't govern if you don't win. those who lost don't get a phone call asking them what the tax rates ought to be or whether or not the schools or d.e.i. and run down the alphabet soup we deal with today. they don't get those phone calls. we have to win. losers don't make policy. i hate losing. losing more than i hate watching the lifetime channel. i hate losing. our job is to win. would you agree with that?

our job is to win. winning is about preparation. what are win? we have fundamentals we talk about all the time, our message, how we get our message across and how we help people untas relevant to them, that it matters, the manpower and organization we have to put together will actually turn out the votes we the money to make e first two things possible. that's it. those are the fundamentals of our job. sometimes it's easy for us to get distracted with other things that d■k'ts. that's our job. to ruthlessly focus on those things. then we have to build a team to make that possible. that's why we're here today. politics is about building a winning team. sometimes you team. you have to bring in new folks to get the job done. so if as i assume, the chair

election makes me ineligible to serve as co-chair, then i will resign my position as co-chair. but i'll still be here. i'm not going anywhere. ll be here to work with each and every one of you in any way i can to help you and to make sure that we win up and down this ballot and we keep the house and win the senate and win the white house by putting donald j. trump back in as president of the united ss. we ? thank you all so much, god bless you. >> thank you, drew. good morning and welcome to houston. i love this city and i hope you have all seen why we've chosen this city to host our 2028 republican national convention.

it is a little bittersweet to be with you as i step down as chair after seven years of working with you all. to elect republicans up and down the ballot. 10 years on the ctt a tendency o get emotional sometimes. i have a bet that i won't, so it's a big bet and i'm going to really work hard not to. but i thank yous and i want to get that out of the way. i want to thank all of you, thanks to the entire committee, the■ all of you leaders in your state. thanks for all you've done and thank for you voting for me a record four times. i appreciate you more than you know. you're my family. we don't always agree but we agree on the vision for ocountre right thing to protect the american people so thank you. i want to thank the many, many -- not many, many, the men who served as co-chair

co-chair, bob from ohio and tommy hecks and drew him again h carolina. i want to thank the r.n.c. staff, and you'll see them around this room. a lot of them past seven years. these are young, bright, individuals who come to d.c. and work in the field because they love our par country and they get their start in our building and they're phenomenal and we couldn't do it without them. please join me in thanking the r.n.c. staff. along with all of them, i want to thank the two men who served as my chief of staff while i was chair, richardalters and mike

freed, they're phenomenal and appreciate you so much. thank you. and of course you all know the chairman's and women who traveled with me and worked so hard. they're in the states with you, i couldn't do without them. they know our family. n fisher who is not here, emma connell, taylor rogers and emil who just got engaged, emily. we could not have been successful without our fantastic finance chairs who are■$ also volunteers who give so much time and i've been blessed to have three finance chairs in steve wynn and'z todd and thank you to all of you. i also want to thank president trump. for giving me this historic opportunity after his win in 2016 and tapping me to be on hio

lead the republican national committee. my mom is here today, ronna romney and my stepdad, bruce. hi, guys. thank you for everything. we've got a lot of family watching online and our kids aren't here but i really want to give a shoutout to abigail. you saw them when they■y they were 11 and 13 when i started this job and they're the cutest kids still but just were in awe of all of you. you were so wonderful and they spent part of their lives, they love you. abigail is on study abroad in london, her birthday, international woman's day is he birthday, happy birthday, abigail, we love you. nash is in school and could care less what's goon and my husband patrick who is right back there. i get emotional. i'm back with you, though. president trump and the team

came to me to do this job seven years ago, i said no. and patrick turned to me and said, honey, we can do anything for two years. it's only seven years later. he's the man and husband. as women and moms who work and on the road and do these things, your kids, when they're at the baseball game you're missing, they don't car you're on air force i with the president and they notice their mom's not there but pat was always there. pat is an amazing person. i love you, honey. happy 25th anniversary. pat's going to be seeing a lot more of me now. as this chapter ends in my life, i've had so much time to reflect on what we've accomplished in the last seven years and hope you'll indulge me as i go through some of the amazing

ve made as a committee. when i won this gavel seven years ago, i had a vision that you've all supported to grow we need to be bringing more people into the party because we know what we stand for is right. so i'm going to talk about some first, we grew in our communications to voters. we grew our email list from three million to 50 million subscribers. we finally launched an online small dollar fundraising platform to compete with at. we were trounced by the democrats over and over again for 15 years and finally we did it. on that platform we've raised $1.5 brought in 2.5 million new donors into our party. in the last midterm the r.n.c. had 2.9 million contributions which wee

history of the r.n.c. and organized a texting house file and didn't even exist previously because technology cha highest t revenue channel. we launched the grow program to help strher state party. many don't know but you do. we customize how to help you be successful in your state and it's been a tremendous success. one of my favorite opportunities as chair was to go to israel to open the in jerusalem under the leadership of president trump. it was another honor to bring on the republican jéewh coal our dt november, the first time in history either party partnered with a jewish organization for a presidential debate. we got into the election integrity space for the first time in 40 years because we couldn't, we were under consent

decree and put attorneys on the ground and put in poll watchers to ensure fair elections. our communications team who is the white house's least favorite x twitter account, x account andt's called r.n.c. research, joe biden hates it and can't stand it and they find the pictures of him on the beach in delaware and all the and is holding him accountable and why he's one of the least popular presidents facing re-election in history. something i' near and dear to my heart is investment and engaging minority voters and bringing them into our party. for too long our parties have ignored and creeded these■g he votes. and we stopped dropping in before the election and opened sustained invested community centers and minority communities and it's changed o 2022, we wens

with asian voters, 1 points with hispanic voters and four points with black voters. our policies work. when we take it to these communities, they vote with us and they are becoming republican. the r.n.c. places such a vil -- the r.n.c. plays such a vital role. a lot of people do tv but we're the nuts and bolts and the infrtr the turn out the votes and we're the committee everyone depends on to turn out republicans across the country. in 2022, we won the popular vote by four million votes and would have won the electoral college had it been a presidential cycls turnout operation which yes, did include ballot harvesting in states like nevada and california. i like to say we build the road

and all the cars drive on it. you need a good road and great cars to get to your destination. the road infrastructure we put together activates volunteers who knock doors and make phone calls and get every single republican to at the end of the day, we're not the ones driving on the road. the candidates and the campaign decide where they go and not every candidate in 2022 made it to their destination. i want to talk about this only because it's pivotal as we head into 2024 to understand what candidates should have done in 2022 to win. first, we cannot put our head id the dobbs decision. many of our candidates chose to ignore this issue and not talk about it. an the r.n.c. was a leading issue urging candidates to talk about this issue head on. go figure. i'm a suburban mom and might opinions on this

issue. i authored a memo in the summer of 2022 highlighting how we win on this issue when voters are faced with between a republican that supports exceptions and reasonable limitations when a baby feels pain and a democrat who supports no exceptions, no limits, not even when a baby feels pain. too many candidates and consultants scoffed at this advice and ended up paying the price on election day. in 2022, candidates mattered. caid the candidates who won were able to articulate a message on abortion and also attract andwit voters. we'll have to replicate that if we're going to win in 2024. our winning candidates real we can't win by just speaking to an echo chamber of republicans. we don't win if we only talk to each other. we have to go out engage

independent and swing voters and sell them on our vision for this country. additionally over the last sevet republican women to congress in history. and as only the second woman to ev the r.n.c. in our entire 168-year history, that's a feat i'm incredibly proud of. we 2018 bucked the odds and picked up senate seats. in 2020 we seats. in 2021, in a purple state joe biden just won we elected millions and elected glenn lumpkin. and my mousse proud moment was in 2022 when we won back the house and finally fired nancy pelosi. and we accomplished all througha

hoax investigation, two impeachments, a once in a lifetime global pandemic flippee script on a 2022 election. they say campaigns are like a like a relay race.w the work of everyone in our headquarters and in the field have put me in a position to hand the baton off■ lead. the state of our party is strong. over the last year, the r.n.c. has been building the road for our eventual -- eventual nominee, donald j. trump. we'veon for the first time in history and today we are engaged in 78 lawsuits in 23 states.tecting our elections and we spent a lot of money on it and think it's the right thing for the r.n.c. to be doing. i just did a podcastd of our eln

integrity division where we went over the few of our losses. in arizona they put together a manual to undermine election integrity and to allow noncitizens to vote. at is why we sued. finally, we launched the bank your vote initiative. you all heard me talk about this a lot. please indulge me it one more t. we need voters to bank their vote and vote early. we cannot continue letting democrats run up critical states and we just wait to vote on election day. you all know i'm a huge football fan, right.michigan won the national championship this year. yes. go blue. you cannot win a football game if you only start she fourth quarter. we all know this. if republicans succeed in early and ballot harvests were legal, donald trump will win in

november. it really is that simple. we launched a website for all 56 different languages to inform voters where to vote, how to vote, how do you get your ballot, how do you a absentee ballot, how do you track your ballot, where is the polling station? it's krill catcalled bankyourvote.com. we can't make it successful alone. it will take every one of you and take candidates up and down the ballot supporting this and it's going to take our nominee working with the r.n.c. to educate the voter why they need to bank their vote early. we've hired election integrity and political state in 15 battleground states, including important house and senate states like arizona, new york, and montana. our political team has invested inin states like north carolina, texas, california, and new york and our teams in the field have already contacted 3.5 million voters across the

country. we just posted our best fundraising of the cycle in january when we raised 12 it uph february raising nearly 11 million. our january and february reporting will be the best two monthsf g the r.n.c. has ever had when we did not occupy the white house. i'm going to repeat that again. our januynd february fundraising are going to be the best two months of fundraising the r.n.c. has ever had. when we didn't have the white house ever and we didn't have a nominee yet. so why do we feel go about the position we're in and we know joe biden is floundering in the polls and we know he's incredibly unpopular and i feel good where we are right now. i'm going to say we're not done. we have a lot of work to do. and this same day, this same point in 2020, we still hadn't even had a pandemic yet. that hadn't even happened. and think how that changed the

trajectory of that election. we know the democrats are going to have a ton of money. they're going to ha ton of money. they're going to bring everything into this. they're going to have their media allies on their social media platforms. i think the thing i worry about the most is something we can control. which is our to make sure that e united as we head into this next election. seven years ago i talked a lot about uni time. you guys hear me. we cannot win if we're divided. we can only win through addition we cannot win through subtraction which is why i worked to expand our intent. is. people are more intent on attacking other republicans, whether it be financially or clics iden and the democrats. we have to stop attacking other

republicans. if we spend our time attacking each other, we guarantee the democrats are going to win. i'm going to share aany times, e heard it about my mom. i shared it at the reagan library last year, when she rana tough race. it literally divided my family, literally. my grandfather, governor george romney endorsed my mom's opponent. think about that. i loved my grandpa, he lived next door to me and i still love him but he endorsed her opponent in that race. my uncle mitt and my dad came in and campaigned for my mom. mitt was running for senate in massachusetts and it was tough. the toughest thing i ever dealt with politically is have your family literally divided. my mom ended up losing that race 52-48. and the day after i remember

being home and it was hard, i was young and watched it happen to my mom and they called her and said please, please come to a unity breakfast, we have to win the senate seat but we need to you c supporters and show that unity. i bet you can't guess what my advice was to her. i said don't go. mom, please don't go. they were so awful to you, how can you support this guy, look what they've done to our family. and she went. she unity breakfast. she faked that smile which we all have to do time to time in our lives. and she held the opponent's baby up in the air and said i pledge i will do everything i possibly can to help you win i cannot imagine how hard that must have been for her. but she put our party andtry abn and republicans won that seat for the first time in twocades.

i share that story again because when i talk about uniting, i'm not just talking about it, i've walked the walk and seen my family walk the walk. we have to unite. just as my mom did 30 years ago, iil do everything possible to re-elect president trump in november. and i ask that all of you out there who work soar this primary season or supported another candidate that you come in and join me in supporting our president as well, our future presidenteed you. we need you. now i'm stepping as because i have long promised to put the nominee and their plans for the r.n.c. first, winning the white house back is too important for me to do otherwise. president trump deserves to have the team he wants in place at

the r.n.c. when i made the decision there . i supported to be the next chair more than michael what thely. michael and i had a very close relationship as he ran north carolina and i ran to be my co-chair last year and appointed him as general counsel and he will be phenomenal on i know an issue president trump cares deeply integrity. i'm rooting so hard for michael and laura's success and offer all the help and guidance i can to help ensure you do succeed in your role and thank you for stepping up. i leave you all with just one final request, and i don't think going to shock you. join me in putting our country first. we know people. we talk to them every day. i hear people every day are hurting. they are struggling and can't afford groceries and can't

afford rent. they're seeing crimeise in thr street and seeing fentanyl in their border and are afraid of the open border. joe biden is a disaster for the american people. not just him but all the democrats. i'm going to ask you to join me in uniting for the next eight months and committing everything you have to make sure we keep the house, win the senate and we take back the white house and send presidentmp tre much, god u and god bless the united states of america. [applause] yá thank you. with that i'll happened the

gavel to our co-chair drew you . mr. mckiic you, ma'am. please rise again and give our madam chairman a round of applause and thank for you her service as we accept■.er resignation. [applause] >> now that we've accepted the e 4-c of the r.n.c. rules, the chairman shall be filled in the same manr r.n.c. elections are governed by rule 5-b which reads in part, all officers accept the vice chairman, shall be nominated from the floor and have at least the majority vote of the republican national committee

members in each of three states in order to have their names placed in the nomination. only one candidate provided documentation of support from at least two members from three office of chairman. the candidate nominating and seconding speeches will be allotted with five minutes. parliamentarian kaye cruz will keep time and nominating speeches will be made from the podium and the second speeches will be made from the microphone on the floor. only the members nominating and second candidates will be allowed to speak. the following closed nominations and voice vote wit be con officer will have an opportunity to address the body. these are the procedures we followed in the past for officer elections and without objection, these are procedures we'll follow again today. hearing an objection we'll proceed to election. michael whatly is the only candidate for chairman who

demonstrated the required support. the chair recognizes jim dickie, committeeman for the purposes of nominating mr. wadley. mr. whatly. no >> what a wonderful day and what a great opportunity we have for service for our gre■mat country. it's a special pleasure for me this morning to rise to offer the nomination of michael whatley. we all know michael and know what a wonderful service he's been to this committee and to the party and to the nation. he's a lifelong republican who has worked for decades to support republican candidates at every level in the united states and in our party. he served with distinction as chairman of the north carolina republican party, general

counsel of the r.n.c. where he'. and as our chairman, michael will bring a focus and a dedication to the and he will work relentlessly to elect donald j. trump as ■ our 47th president of the united states, flip the senate, expand our majority in the house of es our individual states win elections up and down the ballot. mr. co-chairman, it is my honor to place the name of hike emwhatley in nomination.çg■4 of michael whatley in nomination. >> the chair recognizes casey crosby, the treasure from kentucky and the gentleman from

rhode island for secondinghe nomination. casey? casey: for all who know michael he has three priorities to lead us to victory in november, that is get out the vote, protect the ballot, and raise the money. in north carolina, we all know michael has built one of the most successful election day operations in and this time last year we asked michael a lot of questions because we wanted to do what he did in north carolina and kentucky and asl know, he returns every phone call. he was so helpful to us and in fact some of the work he helped us lay the groundwork for helped us get a decision in our court of appeals that set precedent for future elections in kentucky. it was invaluable to us to have him as a resource. as general michael has been a machine with fundraising and i'm confident as your treasurer every dollar michael raises is going to go towas it's my honor to enthusiastically second the

nomination for our next chairman, michael whatley. thank you. you, casey. as a new member to the 168, everyone understands what a daunting task it can be to join a prestigious crowd and can be very challenging. i for one being in this position for less than a year so far, one of the very first people who approached me in oklahoma city la year was mike whatley and he didn't know who i was and quite frankly if he had he probably wouldn't have started the conversation. the reason i say that is to as. if i don't know, i'm asking somebody a question. he's never been without an answer or if he didn't have an answer, he's asked others. he's alw■g■$s gotten back to me and always been open. so there are a lot of new chairs in here and i encourage each and every one of you to standy new chairman whatley, ask the questions you need to help you along the way. one of the things he said he was going to stand up for is

election integrity and i think we can all get around that. along with president trump, we'll do everything we can to make sure we actually stand up for election integrity. it's no doubt that the reason that is he created one of the largest election integrity campaigns in north carolina. he's done an amazing job there. also, too, those of us who know, we know it's a very purple state and the amount of work he's actually put together there has been remarkable. he's actually taken the state and flipped the north carolina supreme court. he's actually had a supermajority in the state and the senate. he also elected two republican senators and will deliver four new republicans to expand the he knows what it takes to win. he's not going to give up. he's going to continue to work as hard as he has and i, along with casey and many of you, stand and would love to put my name in there to second mike

whatley for chairman of the r.n.c.hael whatley for chairman of the national committee has been moved and seconded. since no other candidates are qualified in nominations are now closed. we'll now move to a vote. the question is on the election of michael whatley as chair of the republican nationalopposed,. , the ayes have it. congratulations, mr. chairman. the gavel is yours."r michael: thank you. and please join me in changing

co-chairman mckissic for his service to our party as we accept his resignation. en this g with several notes of gratitude. first, i want to thank the members of the r.n.c. for entrusting me with this position at this critical time. i have been overwhelmed by the support and encouragement that i've received over theas couple weeks as i've talked to the members of the neat. knowing i have the opportunity to work with and for all of you is both humbling and exciting. i want to thank ronna mcdaniel for her great envision for the past seven years. from the moment i stepped on this committee from 2019, she's been a friend and mentor and i'm

grateful for her leadersp and service to the republican party and our candidates across the country. mr. whatley. mr. whatley: i'd also like to thank my family, suzanne, michael, george, and although they could not be with us here today, school still calls, they've been amazingly supportive and i could not even contemplate this journey without having them beside me. like to thank president trump for his trust and support. there is no one who has been more focused on fighting for the ameran peoe, the opportunity to work with him to win and help revitalize our great nation. as we meet here in houston

today, we in the midst of one of, if not the most important election cycles this country has ever seen. fo yea3j ago, russia was in check. china was in check. iran was in check. inflation was in check. energy and housing prices were low. our southern border was secure. and the world was a much safer place. look where we are today. russia is in ukraine. iran through its proxies is in israel. andf7 china is licking its lips thinking about taiwan. inflation is out of control. housing and energy prices a the. and 8.35 million illegal immigrants have come across our southern border. we are. we don't know where they are. and we don't know what they're doing. let me just say this, peace

through strength is great campn slogan from ronald reagan. it is a recognition the world is a muchorngerous our country and indeed e cannotr more years of joe biden and democratic control. in less than eight months, we are going to determine the fate of not only the united states but of the entire world. and this body, the r.n.c. is going to be the vanguard of a movement that will work tirelessly every single day to elect our nominee donald j. trump as the the united states, flip the senate, expand our majority in the house of representatives.

now, the next time the r.n.c. will be gathering will be at our milwaukee. i'm extremely excited to work with our committee on arrangements led by chairwoman ann hathaway and vice chair david our milwaukee host committee chaired by michael crevis to host a world class event when willinatd showcase the best of the republican party to the entire world. we've all seen time and again that the race for the white house will come down to a small handful of states, as will control of the senate. and control of the house of representatives will come dow h. the races in those states and districts will be won or lost by in order for republicans to win, we must focus on two primary missions, getting out the vote

and protecting the ballot. which means that the republican national committee will be focused like a out the vote and protecting the ballot. my favorite statistic in all of politics, if you have a five-minute conversation with an undecided voter, that voter is 6% more likely to vote and vote for your candidate. every year more and more voters are voting early or by mail. we want to make sure we're talking to those voters before they cast their ballot. we have millions of low propensity voters who will vote for republicans if we can turn them out. in order to win, we must identify, target, and communicate with those voters. to do that, we will build our efforts to register new republican voters. build our dao

target the voters we need to be reaching out to. we will recruit to knock on doors and make phone calls in order to have those five minute conversations and get those polls. every one in this room and every voter across the country knows sanction at this time of their -- the tank at this timey of their -- the sanctity of our vote. i'veo build our integrity program from scratch. we've hired attorneys across the country and filed more than 75 lawsuits in 23 states d with se legislators and election regulators to ensure state laws, rules, and regulations will ensure fair,uz■1 accurate, secue and transparent elections. we've also hired in place election integritylectors in

battleground states recruiting and training tens of thousands volunteers to serve as poll judges, workers and observers who will act as real time monitors whenever votes are being cast and counted. and we will do more. if our voters don't have confidence that our elections are safe and secure, nothing else matters. we will work relentlessly in every state to ensure easy to vote and hard to cheat. over the next eight months the r.n.c. will work hand in glove for president trump's campaign to deliver on these core missions. if a dollar we have is not directed towar winning this november, that dollar will not be spent. if a proposal or a request comes to us that is not focused on winning in november, i consider. from now until november 5, we have an incredible amount of work to do in order to deliver

the votes to return donald trump to the white house, flip the senate and expand the majority in t h i know that this committee is ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work. i am so proud to have this opportunity to serve as the chair of your republican national committee. i am trust and your support, and i'm truly excited for the opportunity to work with each and every one of you to win big this november. thank you. now, pursuant to the requirements of rule number 5,

an election for office of co-chairman is now in order. without objection, we will follow the same procedures for this election as we just used for the chairman's election. laura trump is the only candidate for co-chairman who has demonstrated the required n. the chair recognizes beth block, national committee woman from west virginia for the purpose■óe office of r.n.c. co-chair. ms. trump: thank you, chairman whatley. esteemed members of the republican national committee and special guests, in west virginia, country roads take us home. today the road has led us to houston where we begin the journey the white house,

together and united. today i'm incredibly proud to nominate an exceptionally kind, smart, and capable individual for the position of republican national committee co-chair, laura trump. born in wilmington, north carolina, laura was raised by parents who instilled in her the importance of family and fostered a deep appreciation for the values held close by many americans, faith, freedom andblo achieve the american dream. in 2014, laura married a young businessman, eric. began her most important role, as a mother to son luke and daughter carolina. presently and for many years, republics and conservatives have been in a battle for our nation. wh from the fight, laura has

consistently been at the forefront, exhibiting the needed fortitude, champagning the service message is so often ignored by democrat politics and the bias media, disconnected from the hard-workam laura trump keanly represents the spirit and the unwavering committee that defines the movement.irst as a devoted wife, loving mother, and proud american patriot, laura has commandy and she's not afraid to express them. her dedication to our good work is not just commendable, it is ng example of leadership already in action. in a world where qualifications are often measured but titles and years of experience, we're reminded of a powerful truth. god does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called.

laura trump is the embodiment of this truth. her journey is a testament to the fact that passion, y, and a deep-seated love for one's country can indeed pave the way for transformative leadership as we saw in president trump in 2016. i would not let anybody define the republ national committee as an embattled party. we are an empowered party. our unity, our resolve, and our dedication to the principles of conservativism is our greatest strength. in the face of challenge, in the midst of trials, let us stand together, unwavering in our commitnt ideals that have made america great. in nominating laura trump for republican national committee co-chair, i'm nominating a leader who is ready to stand at the forefront of this battle. fellow republicans, the time is now. let us come toghe together and e

united in our purpose and steadfast in our resolve to support laura trump for republican national committee co-chair. together we will forge ahead, championing the america first agenda and securinar, more prosperous future for our country. together we will make america great again. may god leaders, our members, and president donald j. trump. thank you. mr. whatley: thank you, beth. the chair will recognize glenn mccaul of south carolina and david bossie, from maryland for the purpose of seconding were thank you, chairman and members of the committee, i nominate laura trump to be the mexico chair of the republican national committee.

laura trump began her career as a television producer. she was a contributor news and host her own show "the right view." she's an excellent businesswoman and entrepreneur, her talent on the campaign trail. her work for charities has raised millions of dollars for those whose voices can't be heard. she brings to this role her passion and experience that her heart defines. thank you. >> i'm proud to second the nomination of a leader, a fighter, and a patriot, laura trump. to mexico chairman of the republic national committee. when her father-in-law came down the golden escalator in trump tower in 2015, she rolled up her

sleeves and joined the fight, and that's when i first met her. from day one, she was on campaign trail supporting the greatest president our country has ever had, donald tmp. laura is passionate about winning both in politics and in charitable causes. like her and her incredible husband eric's important work for st. jude's children's hospital, something i've been fortunate enough to see personally. esident laura his most valuable asset. and now we get the opportunity to have her many talents at the r.":n.c. working for us. she has laid out her optimistic vision for this organization to raise money and make s we spend it to get out the vote and secure our elections. we have a long road ahead, not just for the future of our party but for the future of our country. and laura is the right person

for the job. for laura, the goal for everyone in this room, america's history, joe biden. in she ow need to save our country, keep the house, win the senate, and pleased to mom e our mexico chair of the r.n.c., lara trump. >> thank you, glenn, thank you, david. the nomination for lara trump for co-chairman of the republic national committee has been moved and seconded. since there are nother nominations that qualify under rule 5-b, nominations are now

closed. we will now move to a vote.zá e election of lara trump as co-chairman of the republic national committee. all those in favor signify by saying aye. although opposeed, please say no. the ayes havected as co-chairmae republic national committee. madam co-chair, congratulations. i'd like i podium to make a few remarks.

lara: this is an exciting day i. look, i was going to prepare a speech. i had a bunch of things written down. i said, you know what, i want to come here and speak from my ar an opportunity to call and now in person meet with so many of you. i know what you guys do all across this country. i know how important this role is, and it is truly an honor to be here to work alongside all of you over the next 241 days -- that's right, we're keeping track, because we know what the goal is at the end. we have one goal, the goal on november 5 is to win. and as my we're going to win on november 5. right? and i want to say thank you to, first of ronna and drew for passing the baton as ronna

mentioned earlier, to me, to michael. we are going hardest over the next eight months, i can promise you that. it's an honor as well to work with someone else from north carolina. did you all do this on purpose? we have the north carolina contingent. everybody else, it's ok. i've known michael for so long. and he's a fighter. he's he's a doer. that's exactly what you're going to see out of the republic national committee with us at the helm. we're going to be doing andnd w. my husband, eric, was here and had to catch a flight. he was here with me and want to say thank to youdw him. since the day my father-in-law came down the golden escalator, everyone remembers that famous day. of us as individuals, it's about us as a family and it's been about our country. and with eric by my side, i've done things i ner imagined possible. believe me, 10 years ago if you

had asked me if i'd been part of and yet i worked for three years as a senior adviser to the trump campaign, an incredible opportunity. i got to see this country from sea to shining sea and meet incredible people and have life experiences i will never forget. but eric encourages me every day. and i know that with his support, this role is going to be incredibly successful, and our country as a result will be incredibly successful. not for me, i'm doing it for the future generations, for my two kids, luke and carolin 4 and 6 years old. i think everybody in this room understands the battle, right? it isn't right versus left or department. it's about good versus evil. it's about bringing this country back and it's about giving this country back to we, the people, righ and you know the vision.

you know what we have to do. michael's talked about it. we are■ that every single penny of every dollar raised goes towards one goal which is winning. how do have to have election integrity like we've never seen before in this country, right? we've got to play the game a little bit different by. we have to encourage people to do things like early voting. we have to get people early voting. as soon as they go vote, they take people that day on all the way up to election day to go vote. we have to raise a lot of money. and i have great news. i brought this up here today. beca everyone to know that already i have a check for the republic national committee for $100,000 that's been donated as of today as of these nominations going through. yeah, we're starting today, folks. time because let's face it,

we've got to get to work and get to work quickly. i want to say again, thank you for entrusting me in this position. i promise to work hard. i promise to do everything within my power. we need to make sure that nothing question on november 5, that we aren't playing catch-up, that we have the votes. that everyone feels when they went in to vote that day, their vote counted. that's what we're going to do. i look forward over the next 241 and every one of you. i also want to say thank you very quickly. i would be remiss if i didn't thank president donald j. trump, right? because, i'll tell you, he called me about this position. and iou would have asked me two months ago, would you have ever considered doing this? i don't really know. it's not something i ever thought about. but i also n be in this space in our country right now. and if this is where my best use

is and if this is where we're this is where i want to be. i want to be in this fight alongside all of you. i'm proud to do it. i'm excited to be here. i'm ready get to work. 241 days to victory, ladies and gentlemen. let's make america great again. let's expand our lead in the house, take back the senate and let's put donald j. trump back in that white house. thank you, guys. thank you. it's an honor.lause] >> that concludes our committee business today. you for everything you are doing for our party and our country. and i would like to recognized l committeeman from illinois for the purposes of a motion.

>> mr. chairman, congratulations to you and to lara. it's going to be a g team and we're very excited to be with you. as the co-chair just said, it's time to go to work. i'd like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting. >> we have a motion. is there a second? >> yes! >> the motion has been moved and seconded. all those in favor of adjournment, by saying aye. all opposed signify by saying no. the noes have it. this meeting is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including sparklight. >> the greatest town on earth is a place you call home. at sparklight, it's7 home, too. right now we're all facing our greatest challenge. that's why sparklight is working around the clock to keep you connected. it's a little easier to do yours. >> sparklight supports c-span as

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