Republican National Lawyers Association president and Center for American Liberty founder and executive director Harmeet Dhillon announced his candidacy for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman on Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson Tonight:
Our message has to be fresh and positive and not just reactive to news cycles and what the Democrats are doing. And I think the party must realize that it has become a populist party. The base of the party demands populist messages that speak to them and not Chamber of Commerce messages, not neoconservative messages, not warmongering messages, and I fear that the base of our party is not getting what it needs from our leaders. And so after three successive rounds of really disappointing results, Tucker, I'm a member of the RNC and no other member is stepping forward to challenge the leadership, and our current leadership has never been challenged for the position of chairman and I think the challenge and the competition is very good.
During his announcement, Dhillon said the Republican Party"must modernize to compete with the Democrats dollar for dollar in the way it raises money, in the way it gets ballots to the polls."
Thank you @TuckerCarlson for having me on tonight to announce that it's official, I'm running to be the chairwoman of the RNC!
We're tired of losing. It's time for us to win! pic.twitter.com/jzWWWqlV6xQ- Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) December 6, 2022
Dhillon has been a member of the California Republican National Committee since 2016 and a supporter of former President Donald Trump. In a statement accessed by PoliticoAfter three consecutive terms of disappointing results at the polls for the Republican Party, while leaders congratulated us for our outstanding performance, I believe that we are now in a position to make a difference," she said. we owe it to our voters to have a serious debate about party leadership. and what we need to change to win in 2024".
Now, he will contest the RNC leadership from Ronna McDaniel, who has been the party's chairwoman since 2017. Lee Zeldin, a New York gubernatorial hopeful in the last midterm elections, is also rumored to announce his candidacy.
The 168 committee members will determine, through a vote, who assumes the chairmanship of the RNC at the Republican Party's winter meeting in late January.
