Trump praises Michigan GOP while weighing RNC chairman call
LANSING, Mich. — Donald Trump is nearing a decision on who will lead the Republican National Committee and could tap Michigan Republican Party chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel for a leadership post Friday during his visit to Grand Rapids.
The niece of 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was an early Trump supporter and helped him notch a surprise win in a state that previously had championed Democrats in six consecutive presidential elections. McDaniel is scheduled to speak at Trump’s rally.
Yet whether McDaniel gets the party chairmanship appeared unsettled Friday, according to several people close to Trump.
While Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus is pushing McDaniel, other Trump confidantes such as Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon favour Nick Ayers, a senior aide to Vice-President-elect Mike Pence.