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brooklynite

(94,600 posts)
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 11:06 PM Nov 2021

Head of RNC says Biden won 2020 election, the first time she's clearly acknowledged his victory

Source: CNN

(CNN)Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Thursday she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, even as she claimed there were "lots of problems" with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address.

"Painfully, Joe Biden won the election and it's very painful to watch. He's the President. We know that," McDaniel said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington, DC.

While the RNC has for months criticized Biden in press releases and rapid response materials, McDaniel's comments Thursday marked the first time the party chairwoman has clearly stated that Biden "won" the 2020 election.

Her comments also come as former President Donald Trump, who McDaniel said remains an overwhelming influence on the Republican Party, continues to push conspiracy theories about the 2020 election with the help of leaders across the GOP's election apparatus. Earlier this year, the RNC unveiled a "Committee on Election Integrity," and, on Thursday, McDaniel declined to say whether Trump's pressure campaign to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to block congressional certification of Biden's Electoral College victory was unconstitutional.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-joe-biden/index.html
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Head of RNC says Biden won 2020 election, the first time she's clearly acknowledged his victory (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2021 OP
Soon to be "EX-Head of RNC"... regnaD kciN Nov 2021 #1
Really we seeing the first crack in the Whinny Donny demands? question everything Nov 2021 #2
Ronna Romney McDaniel, right? Drum Nov 2021 #3
Yup, she's a ROMNEY. roamer65 Nov 2021 #23
rnc & Rupert are starting the great dump donny & put some distance from him !!! monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #4
Agree Deminpenn Nov 2021 #11
My greatest fantasy... moose65 Nov 2021 #15
Yes it would be! Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 2021 #16
You just made The List, dear. LudwigPastorius Nov 2021 #5
Danger, Will Robinson, danger! Slammer Nov 2021 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Nov 2021 #6
No Trump kisses for you Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #7
Only took a year. BigmanPigman Nov 2021 #9
Doesn't she tremble with fear of....... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2021 #10
This is a remarkable intellectual achievement Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2021 #12
#RNC McDaniel is rather Sleepy--it took it over a Year to admit the Truth that Biden is @POTUS! riversedge Nov 2021 #13
"She's a Witch! Burn Her!" American Interregnum Nov 2021 #14
Nicely done! Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 2021 #17
gawd ,I'M GOING TO FRAME THAT ONE !!! monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #19
She's history Bayard Nov 2021 #18
nah , they'll keep her for future ammo against ass face !!! monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #20
Not nearly as painful as watching a raging lunatic bring our Constitutional Republic 2Gingersnaps Nov 2021 #21
Has she gotten any death threats from the loyal Trumpsters? keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #22
Why the rush? dchill Nov 2021 #24
Kick ck4829 Nov 2021 #25

Deminpenn

(15,286 posts)
11. Agree
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 08:20 AM
Nov 2021

It's baby steps, but McConnell has kept the door slightly ajar all along for this slow distancing from Trump to occur. First Chiarelli in NJ acknowledged he lost and said their was no fraud and a recount wouldn't change the outcome, then Christie and now McDaniel are pushing the dump Trump door farther open.
There's also Lewandowski who's quoted in Karl's new book that Trump knows he lost and just pushing election fraud to salve his own ego.

Once true believers like Bannon and Meadows see the inside of a jail cell for refusing to honor supoenas, that dam will break and it will be lights out for TFG.

moose65

(3,167 posts)
15. My greatest fantasy...
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 09:36 AM
Nov 2021

I would love it if they push Trump too far, or he sees this as an "insult." What the Republicans fear most is that Trump will turn on them. Didn't he supposedly tell McDaniel that he was through with them and was starting his own party?

Just imagine - Trump turns all his minions loose on those Republicans who are not sufficiently loyal to him. Trump backs absolute crazies for Senate in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, plus he tells his disciples to NOT vote for any "RINO" candidates for the House. Trump really doesn't care if the Republicans retake the House or Senate, so I could see him burning it all down in 2022.

Wouldn't that be delicious??

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,967 posts)
16. Yes it would be!
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 12:30 PM
Nov 2021


And just as delicious would be Republicans getting their revenge on TFG by withdrawing all support for him and even testifying against him in trials. It would be great if Trump screwing over the Republicans helped damage his own cause as they exact payback on him.

Trump needs to be in jail or even better, drop dead from a stroke or heart attack.

LudwigPastorius

(9,155 posts)
5. You just made The List, dear.
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 12:52 AM
Nov 2021

The bloated, orange buffoon will cancel you for not supporting his insane delusions.

Slammer

(714 posts)
8. Danger, Will Robinson, danger!
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 02:56 AM
Nov 2021

Yeah, first up against the wall when Trump is triumphantly reinstated into office.

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
21. Not nearly as painful as watching a raging lunatic bring our Constitutional Republic
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 04:32 PM
Nov 2021

to it's knees and then try to overthrow it while she made feckless pathetic excuses. So now the Billionaires and stock holding class are in search of their next Trickle Down Acolyte, first up, Chris Christie on the reputation rehab tour. Better hop on that Ronna.

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
22. Has she gotten any death threats from the loyal Trumpsters?
Fri Nov 19, 2021, 07:30 PM
Nov 2021

Has she gotten any death threats from the loyal Trumpsters?

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