When the Republican National Committee meets Friday, March 8, in Houston, the headline order of business will be selecting a new chairperson to replace Ronna McDaniel. But a more contentious fight looms: a resolution proposed by Mississippi committee member Henry Barbour that would prevent the party from paying Donald Trump’s legal bills. McDaniel had paid some of Trump’s bills before he announced his candidacy in 2022 but said that she would not do so while he was a primary candidate — so the question is an open one as the party tries to dig out of a huge financial hole in advance of a general election.
On the RNC chairperson front, Trump is likely to get his way. He probably should. So long as Trump is the de facto leader of the party, its presidential candidate and its public face, the party leader should be someone accountable to Trump, on the same page with Trump, and for whom Trump is accountable.
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