Ousted RNC Chair Comes Crawling Back To The GOP After Failed NBC ContractNicole Silverio
Media Reporter
May 29, 2025 5:51 PM ET
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has made a return to politics after NBC News tossed out her contract just weeks after the network hired her.
McDaniel, who resigned from the RNC in February 2024, will lead a new nonprofit organization funded by the wealthy DeVos family called Michigan Forward Network, which intends to swing Michigan more conservative, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The former RNC chair has mainly stayed out of the public eye since her resignation from the RNC and her parting of ways from NBC News, who hired her to be an on-air contributor in March 2024.
Before her resignation, McDaniel had been a loyal supporter of President Donald Trump’s. Trump helped get her elected to her top position in 2016. She later faced increased pressure from her fellow Republicans to step down over their track record of losing the then-past three elections. Calls for her resignation escalated after the predicted “red wave” ceased to happen in the 2022 midterm elections.
Trump, who was the leading 2024 Republican candidate, pushed for McDaniel’s removal in early 2024, saying he believed there would be “changes made” during a Feb. 4, 2024, interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. She reportedly informed Trump of her plans to step down during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago in February 2024.
Despite her past rift with Trump, McDaniel credited his victory in Michigan in the 2024 election as a reason to focus heavily on the state in future elections.
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