RNC chief counsel resigns after two months | CNN Politics
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The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position.

The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position.

Spies’ departure follows weeks of growing tension with RNC officials, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. His hiring rankled many Donald Trump loyalists who viewed the veteran Republican lawyer as at odds with the former president, given his previous work for Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney and Ron DeSantis.

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Trump originally approved of the hiring, one source told CNN, but sources said the former president was angered after his allies pointed to clips of Spies criticizing the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
    19·
    6 months ago

    Does the “mainstream GOP” of 2015 even exist anymore? With the RNC now stacked with Trump loyalists, it does not appear so, outside of a handful of “former” something or others who make the Sunday talk show circuit. Seems to me the war has already been fought and decided

      • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        They really aren’t. There are tons of “mainstream” Republicans who wouldn’t dream of voting for a Democrat. The only exception to that, for some of them, has been when Trump is on the ballot, but we’ve seen them fall in line time and again down ballot.