RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Announces Shocking Resignation Date – March 8th!

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Monday that she will leave her position on March 8.

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Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Monday that she will leave her position on March 8.

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Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said Monday that she will leave her position on March 8.

“It has been the honor and privilege of my life to serve the Republican National Committee for seven years as chairwoman to elect Republicans and grow our party,” McDaniel, the first woman to serve as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said in a release.

He said he would step aside at “RNC Spring Training on March 8 in Houston to allow our nominee to select a president of his choice.” Although former President Donald Trump is not yet his party's presidential candidate, he is the prohibitive favorite.

The decision is not a surprise. McDaniel previously said he would resign after the South Carolina primary, which was held Saturday. Trump won that race, defeating his only rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, by about 20 percentage points.

Trump, who named McDaniel as Republican National Committee chairman in 2016, has said he wants Michael Whatley, chairman of the North Carolina Republican National Committee, to be chairman of the Republican National Committee and Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, to be co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

Also on Monday, Drew McKissick, current co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, said he would resign.