RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel: ‘Getting Things Done in Washington’ Key to 2018 Election
Breitbart
John Hayward
July 30, 2017
"Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss the state of the GOP and its prospects for the 2018 midterm election.
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"'When you look at the amount of offices that we hold, the governorships across the country, the Attorneys General, the state legislative seats, the amount of chambers that we have control over, the Republican Party is in leadership roles across the country at a higher level than we’ve been probably since the '20s,' McDaniel argued.
"'Then we have the White House, the Senate, the House. I think we are in great shape,' she continued. 'We’ve got to keep that momentum into 2018 and 2020, specifically.'
"Marlow pointed out that while there has been successful action on some of President Trump’s second-tier campaign promises, such as restarting the Keystone XL pipeline project and withdrawing from the Paris climate accord ...
"McDaniel said there were two important requirements for moving forward on the president’s agenda.
"'As party chair, a lot of that’s going to be laying the groundwork for 2018, putting in state and data directors, building out your infrastructure to turn out your vote, which we are already assessing it all over the country, specifically in the 10 states where President Trump won where we have Democrat incumbent senators,' she said.
"'All of that’s happening right now without people realizing it,' she revealed. 'We’re building out toward that 2018 election, and we were successful in these four specials using that same formula. So that’s part of it, and having the resources – we have six times more cash on hand than the Democrat National Committee.'
"'Second is, what are we going to run on in 2018? What are we going to tell, what are our accomplishments going to be? You rattled off a bunch for the president with the Keystone pipeline, starting on the Dakota pipeline, and Gorsuch. You’ve seen the deregulation, you’ve seen him pull out of TPP and the Paris accords. All of those great accomplishments on top of the unprecedented consumer confidence and the low unemployment, as well as higher labor participation rates,' McDaniel said.
"'But congressionally, we are going to have to have some accomplishments to run on, and that’s something that voters are going to be looking at, because it is the Senate and the House up in 2018. We’re going to have to make a case to Republican voters as to why they need to return us to the majority, and that’s going to come from getting things done here in Washington,' she explained.
"On health care, McDaniel said President Trump is 'right to continue to push and say hey, we don’t leave until we get our job done. The American people are depending on us.'
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"'It’s destroying families. It is something that is hurting people across this country, and they’re looking for relief. President Trump saw those people as he traveled across the country. He saw people who are hurting, who are saying we need help from you, you need to go advocate for us. That is who he is continuing to fight for, and Congress needs to recognize we have to get this accomplished, because people are hurting,' said McDaniel.
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"' ... the mainstream media, the CNNs of the world, the MSNBCs, it has been severely lopsided,” McDaniel responded. 'I think the Debbie Wasserman Schultz story really highlights that – the fact that you have a congresswoman who had a gentleman working for her who was under investigation in February for potentially stealing or accessing sensitive congressional information.'
"'He was put under investigation,' she continued. 'He then went and left his home, smashed hard drives. Debbie Wasserman Schultz continued to keep him on taxpayer funded payroll, and then he was caught in Dulles airport on Monday trying to flee the country. It looks like potentially, based on some other reports, he was trying to liquidate his home and other assets he had here in the United States, which shows that he had no intention of returning.'
"'This is something getting zero attention from the mainstream media, and that shows the bias, because if this were a Republican, this would be getting 24-hour coverage, day in and day out,' she contended …'"
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