BREAKING: Republican National Committee Selects Pro-Trump Replacement For Ronna McDaniel

On Friday, the Republican National Committee held a meeting in Houston, Texas to decide who would replace outgoing Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. The 168 delegates voted to entrust the leadership of the party to Trump-endorsed Michael Whatley and Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump as RNC co-chair. Both Whatley and Lara Trump were elected unanimously to their positions.

McDaniel, who tearfully said goodbye to the RNC delegates during the spring meeting, explained last month that she would be stepping down following the South Carolina primary in order to allow the presumptive GOP nominee to select a RNC delegation for the upcoming November election. Trump explained his reasoning for his endorsed candidates in a statement in February: "The RNC MUST be a good partner in the Presidential election. It must do the work we expect from the National Party and do it flawlessly. That means helping to ensure fair and transparent elections across the country, getting out the vote everywhere – even in parts of the country where it won't be easy – and working with my campaign, as the Republican presumptive nominee for President, to win this election and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

To fulfill this vision, Trump endorsed Whatley who was seen as a party leader that was strong on election integrity during the 2020 election. "We are already well on our way to making Joe Biden a one-term President, and I look forward to working alongside each and every Republican across the country to deliver Republican victories up and down the ballot," Whatley, who is the current North Carolina GOP chairman, said in a statement. "Lara and I are steadfast in our commitment to get out the vote, protect the ballot, and elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans from coast to coast this November."

During his acceptance speech, Whatley put election integrity front and center, telling the audience, "We have also hired election integrity directors in battleground states...and we will do more. If our voters don't have confidence that our elections are safe and secure, nothing else matters...We'll work relentlessly to ensure it's hard to cheat."