Donald Trump's plan to place his daughter-in-law in a leadership position in the Republican National Committee will put the entire party on the road to disaster claimed former RNC chair Michael Steele.
With the former president endorsing the selection of Lara Trump as RNC co-chair, Steele believes that she will do irreparable harm to the other GOP candidates the RNC should be developing and promoting.
In a column for MSNBC, Steele — now a co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend" — colorfully predicted the RNC and the GOP are headed for "an implosion about as dramatic as his failed Atlantic City casino."
After last weekend blasting Lara Trump on his show, telling her, "The number one responsibility is to elect every candidate on the ballot on behalf of the party. It is to raise money for those candidates who are on the ballot," Steele doubled down on Friday with a warning to the Republican Party that it is not too late to save itself.
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"Since 2015, Trump’s rise has (predictably) led to a diminished Republican Party – financially, electorally, and in fidelity to conservative values," he argued before reminding the leadership that Trump has been the author of a string of GOP defeats including losing control of the Senate and the White House.
Added to that, he wrote, the party's fundraising is disastrously bad and what money is coming in is going to pay the former president's massive legal bills.
"The RNC wrapped up 2023 with its lowest fundraising totals in a decade. Now, with Trump loyalists poised to take the helm, concerns are growing about how whatever money the party is able to raise will be used," he wrote. "The party paid out hundreds of thousands in Trump’s legal bills in 2021. So, the fact that Lara Trumprecently suggested Republican voters actually want the committee to bail Trump out for the millions in legal fees he currently owes is concerning to both donors and activists."
Knowing Trump's history, he added this should not catch anyone by surprise.
"For nearly a decade, we’ve seen the chaos, the division, the grifters and the conspiracy theories Trump ushered in consume the Republican Party. And now it appears this once-great party wants more of the same," he wrote and then dryly added, "So much for winning."
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