Michael Whatley reelected RNC chair

Within days, Trump publicly said the four-term chair should step down from her post. Weeks later, Whatley was formally installed, two days after Trump’s last remaining GOP rival, Nikki Haley, relented and ended her campaign for president. In the time since, Trump clinched the Republican nomination and placed his top campaign officials in key RNC roles. Trump effectively merged the committee with his own presidential campaign, widened his coalition with working class and minority voters and won the presidential race. His daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, sat on stage at the RNC’s...