Lara Trump steps into political spotlight with RNC role
by Julia Manchester - 02/17/24 12:00 PM ET
Lara Trump is in the political spotlight after her father-in-law Donald Trump tapped her to be co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC).
She is no stranger to politics, having served as one of the former president’s most high-profile surrogates. She was also the subject of speculation that she would launch a bid for North Carolina’s Senate seat in 2022.
The move reflects the former president’s desire to have loyalists within the party, which has raised alarms among Trump’s critics.
“Everybody likes to keep loyalists around. Trump just tends to take it to sort of unprecedented levels,” said Doug Heye, a former spokesperson for the RNC.
Before getting involved with her father-in-law’s presidential runs, Lara Trump worked as a producer for the television news magazine “Inside Edition.” She later used her television experience to host and produce the weekly pro-Trump webcast “Real News Update” during the Trump administration.
In 2020, she was a top adviser to the former president’s reelection campaign and launched the Women for Trump campaign to galvanize female support for the president. She was later named a Fox News contributor in 2021.
“She’s gradually risen within Trump World, and she is someone who the president sees as an effective communicator and an ambassador for him when he cannot be somewhere,” said Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist. “She’s earned that trust and that’s why you’re hearing her name for co-chair.”
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