Ronna McDaniel Was a MAGA Toadie Who Betrayed the GOP
In case you missed it, former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel was on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday. When asked why she has now changed her position on whether Jan. 6 “hostages” (to use Trump’s term) should be freed, McDaniel replied with a telling quote: “When you’re the RNC Chair, you kind of take one for the whole team.”
Truth be told, McDaniel has taken far more than just one for the team. But let’s be clear about which team she so bravely sacrificed for—once she ascended to the head of the RNC, it was only ever Team MAGA. She even dropped “Romney” from her name to appease Trump, and took sides against the family in order to defend him.
In the political realm, your priorities should probably be along the lines of God, country, and Constitution (or faith, freedom, and democracy). These things were clearly not at the top of McDaniel’s list. Instead, as her Meet The Press comments betrayed, loyalty to Trump and/or personal ambition (be it for status, money, or power) overwhelmed all other concerns, including the need to support liberal democracy and to be honest.