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West Palm Beach, Florida CNN —Donald Trump began his political comeback when many in his own party wanted him to go away. A lineup of former allies, including Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence; ex-political protege Florida Gov. Trump’s political team seized on their change in fortune, selling T-shirts with his mug shot and consolidating support throughout the country. Trump’s campaign had made substantial gains among every demographic his campaign set out to find new votes. “They came from all quarters: Union, nonunion, African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Arab American, Muslim American,” Trump said in his victory remarks.

Persons: Palm Beach , Florida CNN — Donald Trump, underwhelmed, Trump, “, ” Trump, Jill Stein, ”, Brian Hughes, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, Trump’s, Susie, Chris, Joe Biden, Rather, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, —, Wiles, Palm Beach . Wiles, Haley, Joe Rogan —, Alex Bruesewitz, Barron, Biden, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, James Blair, “ We’re, Charlie Kirk, Elon Musk, Musk, Kirk, CNN’s David Wright Organizations: Palm Beach , Florida CNN, White, Sun, Republican, Detroit, Green, Democratic, Republican Jewish Coalition, Electoral, Republican Party, GOP, Gov, United, Nazi, Mar, Michigan autoworkers, Social Security, CNN, RNC, Trump, America PAC, Musk’s, Madison Locations: Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Midwest, Israel, Florida, Trump, American, Iowa, Vermont, Washington, DC, Michigan, Bronx, Nevada, Philadelphia, Arizona, Puerto Rico, Arab

☆ How a cop-turned-therapist is helping election workers deal with threats and harassment
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Every few weeks, a group of active-duty and retired cops gather with election officials to plan for harrowing scenarios on Election Day. Four years after the 2020 election, the threat level hasn’t come down and hostile rhetoric toward election workers is commonplace. Federal and election officials are on edge and are trying to take every security precaution to prevent a violent attack on election workers. The threats, harassment and other pressures have led some election officials, or their family members, to say, “‘Enough is enough. He also leads the state’s Election Threats Task Force, which includes state and federal law enforcement and is designed to detect threats to election workers more quickly.

Persons: Harold Love, ” Love, “, I’m, ’, Donald Trump, —, Brennan, Adrian Fontes, Fontes, ” Fontes, Tina Barton, Barton, Ronna McDaniel, ”, ’ ” Barton, Al Schmidt, Trump, Schmidt, ” Schmidt Organizations: CNN, Secure, Brennan Center for Justice, Federal, Arizona, Republican National Committee, The, Force Locations: Michigan, United States, Maricopa County, Arizona’s, Arizona, City, Rochester Hills , Michigan, Rochester Hills, Indiana, Philadelphia

☆ Democrats aim to show a judge how pro-Trump Georgia election board could spark certification ‘chaos’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Disputes across the country are brewing over the role of local election boards and how much power they have to question – or even throw out – election results. In Georgia, for instance, Trump-backed members of the state election board recently passed controversial rules that could allow local election boards responsible for certifying results to conduct investigations that threaten to delay certification. One of the Georgia rules, the “Reasonable Inquiry Rule,” would allow election officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results. The petitioners in the case argue that the rule would give partisan board members a wide ability to cast doubt on, or even reject, election results. In some cases, the threat of legal action has been enough to deter officials from pursuing challenges to the certification process.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, ”, Ben Berwick, ” “, ” Berwick, –, Mike Pence, Robert Froman, Joe Biden, Froman, ” Froman, State Francisco Aguilar, Aguilar, Gideon Cohn, Postar, “ It’s, ” Cohn, Trump, Ronna McDaniel Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Trump, Democratic National Committee, Georgia Democratic Party, Democratic, Democracy, Republicans, Georgia Republicans, Republican National Committee, Republican, Michigan Department of State, Detroit News, ACLU, State, Arizona voters, Institute for Responsive Government, Republican National, Commonwealth and Pennsylvania Department of State Locations: Georgia , Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Kalamazoo County , Michigan, Michigan, canvassers, Washoe, Washoe County, Reno, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, North Carolina, Michigan’s, Wayne County, Detroit, Otero County , New Mexico

☆ Trump campaign pushes for pared-down GOP platform as allies fret over abortion stance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Top advisers to Donald Trump are plotting an overhaul of the Republican Party platform that will dramatically slash its size and refocus the GOP around the former president’s agenda for a second term. A memo from Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles dated Thursday criticized past platforms as too long and too heavily influenced by special interests and outside groups. A “clear, concise and easily digestible” platform will be easier for voters to understand and harder for political opponents to attack, they wrote. Trump’s campaign is especially aware of how Democrats have weaponized the GOP platform in the past and is seeking to avoid a lengthy document full of potential landmines for the former president to navigate. Already, Trump this year has ousted the party’s previous chair, Ronna McDaniel, and installed close allies atop the GOP — his daughter-in-law Lara Trump and North Carolina GOP leader Michael Whatley.

Persons: Donald Trump, Chris LaCivita, Susie Wiles, Trump’s, ”, Wiles, Trump, LaCivita, ” LaCivita, Ronna McDaniel, Lara Trump, Michael Whatley, Randy Evans, Russell Vought, Ed Martin, Phyllis Schlafly Eagles Organizations: CNN, Republican Party, Trump, “, The New York Times, Republican National Convention, Social Security, GOP, North, North Carolina GOP, Conservative, SPAN Locations: reapproved, Washington, Milwaukee, North Carolina, Luxembourg

Some Trump allies, including another veteran of his 2016 campaign and the Trump White House, former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, have downplayed the former president’s comments. Earlier this month, Conway noted that Trump’s Justice Department did not try to prosecute Hillary Clinton despite the chants of “Lock her up!” at 2016 campaign rallies. But other allies have responded more forcefully to Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money trial. He was sentenced to four months in prison, and a federal judge earlier this month ordered him to report to prison by July 1. Once a top adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign and a senior White House aide, the bombastic Bannon is now a right-wing podcaster with a following of loyal Trump supporters.

Persons: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, Bannon, Trump, ”, ” Bannon, ’, ” Trump, Sean Hannity —, it’s Joe Biden, Hannity, Kellyanne Conway, Conway, Hillary Clinton, “, Jim Jordan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Matthew Colangelo, Marco Rubio, Vance of Ohio —, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Ronna McDaniel, Roger Stone, Rudy Giuliani, “ they’re Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Trump, Trump White House, Trump’s, Ohio, Attorney, Capitol, White House, Republican National, Justice Department, FBI Locations: New York, Detroit, Manhattan, Marco Rubio of Florida

☆ Trump’s family members have visited court during the hush money trial. Notably missing: Melania and Ivanka Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

With a jury verdict potentially days away, Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump have yet to join the former president as he defends himself against 34 charges. Melania Trump, though, has not appeared alongside her husband at a single Trump rally and rarely joins him in public. A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not respond when asked if she intends to accompany him for any of the final days of his trial. Ivanka Trump’s absence from the Manhattan trial is not surprising to many close to the former president after she and Kushner’s public distancing from Trump’s latest presidential campaign. “When [Ivanka Trump] was at the White House, her kids were still at the age where they might not know exactly what was going on,” the source said.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s, Trump, hasn’t, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric’s, Lara, Trump’s, Tiffany, Michael Boulos, Michael Cohen, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Robert De Niro, Joe Biden’s, De Niro, it’s, ”, Lara Trump, Ronna McDaniel, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Barron, Ivanka, “, Charles, Seryl Kushner, Howard Lutnick, Charles Kushner, Daniels, CNN’s Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Manhattan, Attorney, Trump, Trump Jr, Biden, White, Republican National Committee, House, New, Federal, Commission, Republican Locations: Manhattan, Washington, New York, Florida, Trump

“Will Joe Biden Debate? He eagerly attended almost all of the Republican primary debates and all of the general election debates in 2016. About two years ago, the Republican National Committee voted unanimously to withdraw from its participation in the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, the organization governing general-election presidential debates, citing bias. It’s not clear to the Biden campaign what, if anything, changed since the Republican Party pulled out of the commission. The Biden campaign views its 2020 debate experience with Trump as one that was ultimately positive for then-candidate Biden.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden, Biden, Howard Stern, “, Trump, ”, Republican surrogates, Will Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, Kellyanne Conway, Kamala Harris, surrogates, hasn’t, Trump’s, they’re, ” Trump’s, Cornel West, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, isn’t, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, He’s, Joe Biden’s, Brett O’Donnell, prepped Sen, Mitt, Ron DeSantis, Mari Will, ” Will, Will, it’s Organizations: CNN, Trump, Truth Social, Fighters, Republican, Trump co, Republican National, Presidential, Labor, Biden, Republican Party, Florida Gov Locations: Biden’s State, Mitt Romney, Florida

☆ RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski | Em Steck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Lara Trump has a long history of echoing his election fraud claims, according to a CNN KFile analysis of her past statements as a commentator and surrogate for the former president. There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, as even some state GOP election officials and former Trump Attorney General William Barr have acknowledged. But in the years since the 2020 election, Lara Trump has continued to push claims of fraud. In the same interview, Trump also added the GOP needed to “trust mail-in voting.”Neither the RNC nor Lara Trump responded to multiple requests for comment. “No, we don’t believe that.”On her internet show and podcast, and in public events, she often spread outlandish and nonsensical claims about the 2020 election.

Persons: Lara Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s, “, Trump, ”, CNN’s KFile, Michael Whatley, Drew McKissick, Ronna McDaniel, William Barr, who’s, Joe Biden’s “, ” Trump, Cecile Clocheret, Biden, Joe Biden, Lara, They’re, We’re Organizations: CNN, Republican National Committee, RNC, GOP, Trump, Republicans, NBC, ”, Getty, Biden, US Census Bureau, Pew Research Locations: American, Houston, AFP, South Carolina, United States

Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicRonna McDaniel’s time at NBC was short. The former Republican National Committee chairwoman was hired as an on-air political commentator but released just days later after an on-air revolt by the network’s leading stars. Jim Rutenberg, a writer at large for The Times, discusses the saga and what it might reveal about the state of television news heading into the 2024 presidential race.

Persons: Jim Rutenberg Organizations: Spotify, NBC, Republican National, The Times

☆ Opinion: Trump videos send wildly different messages
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. In a video promoting the Bible, Trump said, “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country. … we need to bring them back.”On Good Friday, Trump posted a very different kind of video. It showed an image of President Joe Biden lying sideways and tied up in the bed of a pickup truck. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign can’t win, but it could swing the presidency to former President Donald Trump,” Begala wrote.

Persons: Matthew Arnold, Homer, King James, Donald Trump, ”, Lee Greenwood’s, AJ Willingham, Trump, Joe Biden, Drew Sheneman, MAGA, Biden, Fareed Zakaria, ” Zakaria, Candida Moss, he’ll, he’s, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Julian Zelizer, ” “, …, ” Clay, “, Obama, “ Obama, CNN Trump, —, Attorney Alvin Bragg, “ Trump, Stormy Daniels, ” Norman Eisen, Andrew Warren, James Antle III, stoked, Letitia James, Dali, Francis Scott Key, Tasos Katopodis, Richard Timme, ” Timme, Salvatore R, Mercogliano, ’, Jalal Baig, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Baig, Paul Hockenos, “ It’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Nicole Shanahan, Eric Risberg, Paul Begala, Ross Perot, George H, Bush, “ Robert F, can’t, ” Begala, ” Shanahan “, Sergey Brin, Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Ro Khanna, Lee Drutman, Mark Osler, Jill Filipovic, Lisa Murkowski, Obeidallah, Johnson Ronna, Ronna McDaniel, Justin Sullivan, McDaniel, ” McDaniel, David Zurawik, Jack Ohman, Walt Handelsman, Tim Hubbard, Dennis Muilenburg —, Max, David Calhoun, ‘, ” Hubbard, Annelle, ” Sheline, ” Don’t, Frida Ghitis, Putin, Howard Fischer, Keith O’Brien, Pete Rose, Nick Anderson, Agency Sara Stewart, Mary Ziegler, Patrick T, Brown, shouldn’t, Emma Firth, Carter ’ Parkwood, Roxanne Jones, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé, ” Jones Organizations: CNN, Oxford University, New, Trump, Nasdaq, NYPD, Hollywood, Biden, Cupp, Obama, Manhattan, Attorney, Democratic, US Coast Guard, Baltimore, Federal Highway Administration, RFK Jr, RFK, Google, The New York Times, Republican National Committee, NBC News, “, Press, NBC, MSNBC, Content Agency Boeing, Notre Dame, Boeing, US State Department, Israel, Tribune, Agency, Sony, AP Locations: Independence, New York City, America, New, Manhattan, Queens, New York, Baltimore, Coast, Suez, Port, China, Argentina, Red, Gaza, Wales, Northern California, California, Israel, Columbia

Yet the idea of building rosters of paid political contributors took off with cable news. MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Channel are, in large part, political talk channels and seek experts to help fill the time. Being on call to opine can be lucrative work; several reports had NBC agreeing to pay McDaniel $300,000 a year. Even NBC News, whose MSNBC cable outlet appeals to liberals, has more than a dozen Republican contributors. John Kasich and Bulwark founder Charlie Sykes — either predate Trump in their active political work or oppose him, or both.

Persons: —, Ronna McDaniel, Donald Trump, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Cesar Conde, ”, Mark Whitaker, Shana Alexander, James Kilpatrick's, George Stephanopoulos, Tim Russert, Michael Steele, John Kasich, Charlie Sykes —, MAGA, Reince Priebus, Mick Mulvaney, Mulvaney, Priebus, Tom Bossert, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump, David Urban, Mark Esper, Griffin, Mike Pompeo, Alex Conant, Mark Lukasiewicz, ” Lukasiewicz, “, Jay Rosen, NBC's Conde, McDaniel didn't, Joe ”, Mika Brzezinski, That's, ” Conant, Brian Roberts, Conde, Rebecca Blumenstein, Rashida Jones, Carrie Budoff Brown, Jones, Margaret Sullivan, ___ David Bauder Organizations: NBC News, Republican National Committee, GOP, Republican, NBC Universal, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, NBC, RNC, Ohio Gov, Trump, CBS, ABC News, Trump Homeland Security, Networks, Hofstra, “ Journalists, New York University, ” Networks, Republicans, Comcast, Washington Post, Center for Journalism, Columbia University, Guardian, Associated Press Locations: Washington, MSDNC

☆ Corporate Polish Meets Partisan Reality for NBC’s News Chief
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cesar Conde is not the typical leader of a major news institution. A Wharton-trained executive who revived the fortunes of Telemundo and sits on the boards of Pepsi and Walmart, Mr. Conde had limited experience in journalism when, in 2020, he became the chairman of NBC’s sprawling news division, including MSNBC, CNBC, and franchises like “Meet the Press,” “Nightly News” and the “Today” show. Now he is trying to navigate the biggest crisis of his tenure: a journalistic firestorm that prompted an open revolt among his stars and has fueled internal questions about just how neatly Mr. Conde’s corporate experience and ambitions gel with the unique challenges of the news business. The blowback facing Mr. Conde, 50, a former fellow in George W. Bush’s White House who prides himself on having an even-keeled, nonpartisan reputation, is coming from both sides of the aisle. Left-leaning fans of MSNBC felt betrayed, and Republican officials are mocking NBC as biased, even threatening to bar its reporters from this summer’s nominating convention.

Persons: Cesar Conde, Wharton, Conde, Ronna McDaniel, Mr, Donald J, George W, Bush’s Organizations: Telemundo, Pepsi, Walmart, Mr, MSNBC, CNBC, Press, Republican National Committee, NBC

CNN —Top officials at the Republican National Committee are denying reports that there is a “litmus test” for those seeking employment related to whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen. Election fraud has been a key focus for the Donald Trump campaign and the newly elected leadership at the RNC ahead of the 2024 election. Much of that focus stems from the former president’s dissatisfaction with how the RNC handled claims of election fraud around the 2020 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter have said. There is no evidence of widespread election fraud in the last presidential contest. CLARIFICATION: This headline and story have been updated to reflect that reports of a “litmus test” regarding the 2020 election apply to those who were reapplying for positions with the RNC.

Persons: Donald Trump, they’ve, Trump, Joe Biden, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, Drew McKissick, Trump’s, Michael Whatley, Lara Trump, –, Chris LaCivita, James Blair, LaCivita, Blair Organizations: CNN, Republican National Committee, RNC

☆ NBC’s Ronna McDaniel disaster is dragging Comcast into the political firestorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s difficult to succinctly summarize the disastrous state of affairs at the news division, given that multiple engines are failing simultaneously. sand and refusing to dump McDaniel until after his top television personalities, including Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow, went on the air and excoriated the hire. Ironically, NBC News’ attempt to make inroads with Republicans through the hiring of McDaniel has had the opposite effect. On Wednesday, Trump spent part of the day ranting on Truth Social against the Comcast boss over the McDaniel disaster, characterizing Roberts as a weak leader whose employees are running amok. I asked Comcast spokespeople on Wednesday if either Roberts or Cavanagh were taking any action.

Persons: Brian Roberts, Cesar Conde, Conde, “, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Puck’s Dylan Byers, Byers, Carrie Budoff Brown, Republican Richard Walters, Todd, ” Brown, Richard Walters, Stephen Labaton, Labaton bashed, Labaton, Rashida Jones, Jones, Rebecca Blumenstein, Blumenstein, I’m, Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Tom Cotton, Roberts, Trump, ” Trump, It’s, can’t bode, Conde’s, Michael Cavanagh, Cavanagh Organizations: New York CNN, Comcast, NBC News, NBC Universal News Group, Republican National, NBC, MSNBC, NBC News ’, Republican, NBCU, Fox, The New York Times, NBCU News, –, Comcast spokespeople Locations: New York, Miami, Washington, MSDNC

☆ Stephen Colbert Recaps the Ronna McDaniel Drama at NBC
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. ‘Representation Matters!’The former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was fired by NBC just five days after being hired as an on-air contributor. “In case you’re unfamiliar with McDaniel, she is terrible,” Stephen Colbert said, recalling McDaniel’s involvement with former President Donald Trump and his denial of the 2020 election results.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, ” Stephen Colbert, Donald Trump Organizations: Netflix, Republican National, NBC

☆ Trump-backed GOP leaders call for embrace of early and mail-in voting even as former president continues to cast doubt
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

That’s very much a state-by-state process.”“Republicans will have to develop that if they decide they want to push mail voting and early voting or both. Republicans’ uneven approach to early voting reached an apex during the pandemic when Trump would regularly cast doubt on the safety and security of voting by mail or voting early. “Vote early. Vote early. But the danger for Republicans is that disillusionment with mail-in voting or voting early, fueled in large part by Trump, might be too deeply baked into party sentiment.

Persons: Donald Trump, “ We’ll, ”, Lara Trump, we’re, ” Lara Trump, Michael Whatley, ” Whatley, –, Barry Burden, ” Burden, “, Glenn Youngkin, I’m, ” Youngkin, Ronna McDaniel, Tennessee Sen, Bill Hagerty, Byron Donalds, Trump, ” Trump, don’t, “ there’s, you’ve, Schouten, Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Top Republican, GOP, Republican National Committee, Fox News, RNC, Trump, Republican, Party, Elections Research, University of Wisconsin -, MIT, Science, Britain’s, Virginia Gov, Virginia, ‘ Bank, House Republican, Tennessee, Florida Rep, Bank, Republicans, Pew Research Locations: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Iowa, Nevada , Arizona, Wisconsin

☆ Ronna McDaniel's single interview on NBC could cost the network $30,000 per minute
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ronna McDaniel wants to be paid for her two-year contract after she was axed as a NBC News contributor, per Politico. McDaniel made an appearance on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday and was let go on Tuesday. It means that McDaniel's interview with moderator Kristen Welker could cost NBC News about $30,000 per minute. Todd on Sunday told Welker during the "Meet the Press" taping that top network leaders needed to apologize to her. (Welker affirmed that the interview was scheduled before McDaniel had been brought on by the network.)

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, Bryan Freedman, —, Kristen Welker, Bryan Freedman —, Megyn Kelly, Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo, Freedman, aren't, Chuck Todd, Joe, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Brzezinski, Todd, Welker, Cesar Conde, Conde Organizations: NBC, Politico, Service, Republican National Committee, NBC News, Sunday, NBCUniversal News, Business Insider Locations: Scarborough

☆ Seeking Balance, Tripping Up
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The news that NBC had hired and then abruptly cut ties with the former Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel this week may feel like a flashback for TV insiders and viewers. Once again, a major news network is on the defensive over an attempt to balance out its ranks of talking heads — a mainstay of the genre — with a pro-Trump surrogate whose qualifications for the role appeared to run counter to the basic tenets of journalism. McDaniel, after all, had been a prominent exponent of the false notion that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. As my colleague Alexandra Berzon and I reported yesterday, McDaniel was also at times involved in Trump’s attempts to stave off the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. While the crackup may seem as if it was inevitable in retrospect, it was also reflective of a hallmark of the Trump era: After two impeachments, a Capitol riot and numerous criminal indictments, the question of how to cover Trump is no closer to being solved.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, Donald Trump, Alexandra Berzon, Joe Biden’s, Trump Organizations: NBC, Republican Party, Trump

☆ NBC cut ties with Ronna McDaniel after extraordinary pressure, but its problems aren’t over
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Only 80 hours elapsed between NBC News announcing Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor and the network ousting her from that very role. But for the leadership at NBC Universal News Group, those were 80 painful hours. “What a sh*t show!” a media executive exclaimed to me Tuesday shortly after Conde relieved McDaniel of her NBC News credentials. “These Radical Left Lunatics are CRAZY and the top people at NBC ARE WEAK,” Trump raged on his Truth Social platform. The objection to McDaniel from both within and outside of NBCU was not that she is a Republican.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, Cesar Conde, ”, ” Conde, “, I’m, McDaniel, Conde, Ronna, Anna Moneymaker, it’s, Cesar, Peacock, Donald Trump, ” Trump, Ari Fleischer, George W, Bush, NBCU, Rachel Maddow, Joy, ” Maddow Organizations: New, New York CNN —, NBC News, NBC Universal News Group, NBCU News, Republican National Committee, NBC, NBCU, MSNBC, Conde, Trump, Republican Locations: New York, NBCU

☆ In Saga of NBC and Ronna McDaniel, Perks and Perils of Partisan Talk on TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Trying to juice ratings in an election year, a major TV network hired a pair of provocative commentators from the political establishment to inject some spiky opinion into its otherwise-staid campaign coverage. These days, the role of the “paid contributor” — a commentator on contract, to bloviate on demand — is fully baked into the TV news ecosystem. Or, in the case of Ronna McDaniel, as the former chairwoman of the Republican Party. Ms. McDaniel’s tenure as a paid contributor at NBC News was less successful than those of many of her peers. (Her two immediate predecessors as Republican leader, Michael Steele and Reince Priebus, work for MSNBC and ABC News.)

Persons: Gore Vidal, William F, Buckley Jr, —, ”, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel’s, Michael Steele, Reince, McDaniel, Donald J Organizations: ABC News, West Wing, Republican Party, NBC, MSNBC, ABC

☆ NBC’s Ronna McDaniel Hire Wasn’t Politics, or TV, as Usual
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the past week the best drama on NBC — apologies to Dick Wolf — has been in the news department. On Friday, NBC News announced that it was hiring Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, as a political analyst. By Sunday morning, Kristen Welker was grilling Ms. McDaniel on “Meet the Press,” after which the former host Chuck Todd told his successor on-air that their bosses “owe you an apology.” By Monday morning, the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” condemned the hire. This kind of full-on, on-air revolt was something else — because Ms. McDaniel’s hiring was something else. The fiasco at NBC was in part a sign of how media outlets are struggling to cover politics in unusual times.

Persons: Dick Wolf —, Ronna McDaniel, Kristen Welker, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, “, ”, Joe ”, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Organizations: NBC, NBC News, Republican National Committee, “, Press Locations: MSNBC’s

☆ Conservative Commentators Condemn Uproar at NBC
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The decision by NBC News to hire Ronna McDaniel, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, as a political commentator set off a round of sharp criticism from her new colleagues in recent days. Leading on-air figures at NBC and its cable cousin, MSNBC, including Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow, took the unusual step of condemning their bosses’ decision in public. Those internal critics have said that by hiring Ms. McDaniel, the network was authorizing election denialism. In the days after the 2020 election, Ms. McDaniel promoted some false theories pushed by then-President Donald J. Trump, including that votes had been miscounted in key battleground states, and she helped pressure election officials in one Michigan county to hold off from certifying the results. But the uproar at the network has played out differently among many conservative commentators, who have argued that it shows how the journalists at NBC News are overwhelmingly liberal and intolerant of conservative views.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, McDaniel, Donald J, Trump, Biden, Todd, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski Organizations: NBC News, Republican National Committee, NBC, MSNBC, Fox, Fox News Locations: Michigan

☆ NBC News boss Cesar Conde faces backlash from his network’s anchors over ‘inexplicable’ decision to hire ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Cesar Conde has a decision to make — and it’s not an especially difficult one. The NBCUniversal News Group chair is facing a torrent of backlash from his own staff after greenlighting the hire of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid network contributor. It does not take a brilliant political mind with prescient foresight to understand that hiring McDaniel would ignite a firestorm of outrage — from both within 30 Rock and outside it. After all, which NBC or MSNBC program is going to invite her on after all of this? I asked his spokesperson, Stephen Labaton, on Monday whether the NBCU News Group boss had any comment on the situation.

Persons: Cesar Conde, it’s, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, they’re, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Conde, It’s, Rebecca Blumenstein, Carrie Budoff Brown, Rashida Jones, Donald Trump, Republican Party ”, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Conde —, ”, Stephen Labaton, Maddow, ” Maddow Organizations: New, New York CNN, NBCUniversal, Republican National Committee, NBC, MSNBC, NBCU, NBCU News, Peacock, Republican, NBC News, RNC, Republican Party, GOP, “, Press, Trump, ’ Locations: New York

☆ NBC News will drop Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor after on-air outcry
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

NBC News is dropping Ronna McDaniel as a contributor, per a memo. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementNBC News will drop former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor after on-air criticism of the hiring from some of the network's top talent. She was also dropped by Creative Artists Agency, the talent agency that helped secure the initial deal between McDaniel and NBC, the outlet reported.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, Trump's, —, Cesar Conde, McDaniel, McDaniel —, Chuck Todd, cohosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Rachel Maddow Organizations: NBC, Service, Republican National Committee, Business, CNN, Creative Artists Agency, RNC, NBC News, MSNBC, Politico

☆ NBC News ousts Ronna McDaniel after network’s anchors launch unprecedented on-air rebellion
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Creative Artists Agency, the talent agency that brokered McDaniel’s deal with NBC, also parted ways with her, the person said. McDaniel, who recently stepped down from the RNC under pressure from former President Donald Trump, was involved in attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. NBC’s announcement Friday that it had hired McDaniel was quickly met with alarm by the network’s journalists. Welker disclosed that the interview had been scheduled to take place prior to NBC announcing McDaniel would become a paid contributor for the network, stating that she had no involvement in her hiring. MSNBC president Rashida Jones also did not object to the decision, people familiar with the matter said.

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