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| Florida State Senator Joe Gruyters was elected the new chair of the Republican National Committee at their meeting in Atlanta. | ||
| The election comes as current RNC Chair Michael Watley steps down to run for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. | ||
| This portion of the meeting is 40 minutes. | ||
| So, welcome to Atlanta. | ||
| I want to thank all of you for being here at our summer meeting. | ||
| And before I jump into a few comments, I want to take a moment to follow up on the Resolutions Committee's work and honor the members of the 168 that we lost this year. | ||
| From Mississippi, Jeannie Lucky and Clark Reed. | ||
| From Ohio, Joanne Davidson. | ||
| From Hawaii, Gene Ward. | ||
| And from South Carolina, our dear friend Glenn McCall. | ||
| These were our friends and our colleagues, and they leave behind legacies of service to our great party. | ||
| Our prayers are with their families and their loved ones as we celebrate the impact on all of our lives that they have had. | ||
| I want to appreciate all of you for coming to Atlanta in the middle of the summer to work through the heat and watch a little baseball and let you know how thankful I am for each and every one of you at the RNC as we work alongside the greatest president of our lifetime, president Donald J. Trump. | ||
| Because of the incredible work of every member of the RNC, we had front row seats to the greatest political comeback in American history as President Trump was re-elected, winning the popular vote, an electoral college landslide. | ||
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and a mandate to make America great again. | |
| Here we are, seven months into President Trump's second term. | ||
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The economy is stronger, inflation is down, and our borders are secure. | |
| Our streets are safer, and other countries respect us again. | ||
| President Trump seems to end a new war about every week. | ||
| There is peace through strength, and America is back. | ||
| President Trump and the Republicans in the House and the Senate are delivering on exactly what the American people voted for. | ||
| This is why President Trump has received his historic electoral landslide. | ||
| This is why we have Republican majorities in the House and the Senate, because Americans trust us to deliver. | ||
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We can only continue this great work by keeping and expanding our majorities in the House and Senate. | |
| We must ensure that President Trump and his congressional Republican has Republicans in his corner. | ||
| We have a choice. | ||
| Two more years of a golden age or two more years of impeachment and radical Democratic schemes. | ||
| We have targeted Democrats in districts all across this country, along with an extremely competitive Senate map this cycle. | ||
| 13 Democrats sit in seats where President Trump delivered that district. | ||
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Three Republicans sit in seats that Kamala Harris has held. | |
| 16 seats are the center of the bullseye, and we know the Senate map. | ||
| North Carolina is one of those crucial seats we must hold to maintain our majority, which brings us to this meeting today. | ||
| After receiving a call from President Trump, I'm proud to announce that I am stepping down from the RNC as chair and going back to the old North state. | ||
| With President Trump's complete and total endorsement, I am running to be the next senator from the state of North Carolina. | ||
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I made this decision to answer this call because President Trump deserves an ally and | |
| North Carolina deserves a strong conservative voice in the Senate. | ||
| You know, it wasn't that long ago that we were all suffering from 11 percent inflation, record high prices because of Joe Biden and Democrats' failures. | ||
| Under President Trump, gas prices are down, grocery prices are down, jobs are being created, and wages are up. | ||
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Joe Biden and the Democrats said that we needed new laws to fix our border. | |
| Turns out all we needed was a new president. | ||
| President Trump and a Republican Congress have delivered the most transformative legislation in the history of the United States. | ||
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The one big, beautiful bill. | |
| This critical legislation delivers the largest tax cut in American history and will increase take-home pay by over $13,000 per family. | ||
| This bill is the definition of America First, and every single Democrat in Congress and the Senate voted against it. | ||
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Every single Democrat voted to raise taxes. | |
| The One Big Beautiful Bill also permanently secures our border. | ||
| Every single Democrat voted against border security. | ||
| The one big, beautiful bill provides essential support for our men and women in uniform. | ||
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Every single Democrat voted against supporting our men and women in uniform. | |
| The one big, beautiful bill delivers energy security and national security, and every single Democrat voted against it. | ||
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The One Big Beautiful Bill and all its great accomplishments aren't just the Republican Party's agenda. | |
| They're not just President Trump's agenda. | ||
| They are the American agenda. | ||
| And it is clear to me that the Democrats have not learned a thing from their losses in 2024. | ||
| They are doubling down on every single failed policy that they lost with last year's election cycles. | ||
| They're running on higher taxes, open borders, and radical trans issues, and they continue to vote against America. | ||
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That's why their registration numbers are plummeting while ours rise. | |
| The 2026 midterm election cycle, Americans are going to be choosing whether to return to the failed policies of Joe Biden or continue the great gains that we have made under President Trump's leadership and Republican majorities in the House and the Senate. | ||
| It will be the job of the RNC to help President Trump elect Republicans up and down the ballot, expand our majorities, and enact an America-first agenda. | ||
| I am immensely proud of all that we have accomplished over the last year and a half. | ||
| Being asked by President Trump to serve as the chairman of this great committee has been an incredible honor. | ||
| Having worked with the President in his campaign, two phenomenal co-chairs in Laura Trump and Casey Crosby, and each and every one of you has been the most rewarding job I have ever had. | ||
| I'm proud to be leaving the RNC in a stronger position than it was just 16 months ago because of the work that all of us have done together. | ||
| So far this cycle, the RNC is already involved in over 90 election integrity-related lawsuits, fighting to protect the ballot and make sure that our elections are more secure. | ||
| We are building our field, data, digital, and communications teams, which give us a winning edge. | ||
| And the RNC is going into the second half of the year with over $80 million cash on hand, giving the President and his team the war chest that they will need heading into the midterm election cycles. | ||
| And can we take a second, just a second, to honor and thank our fantastic finance chair, Vice President JD Vance, for the great work that he's been doing and being here yesterday? | ||
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To accomplish our goal of expanding those majorities, President Trump has wholly endorsed Joe Gruters to serve as our next RNC chairman. | |
| Joe, Joe is a true conservative fighter, and he's been a steadfast ally of President Trump's since day one. | ||
| During his time as the chair of the Republican Party of Florida, Joe was successful in getting out the vote and protecting the ballot. | ||
| He led the transformation of Florida from a purple state to a red state, where they had a deficit of 400,000 voters to a $1.3 million voter Republican advantage. | ||
| While I was building our get-out the vote and election integrity programs in North Carolina, Joe Grunders was building the same thing down in Florida. | ||
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Don't just take my word. | |
| Take the President's word. | ||
| will not let you down. | ||
| I'm also excited that President Trump has endorsed Jennifer Rich to be our new treasurer. | ||
| Jennifer has served as the National Committee Woman of New York GOP and done a fantastic job serving on our budget committee. | ||
| She has been a steadfaster supporter of the President from the start and will be an absolutely fantastic treasurer. | ||
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Jennifer, thank you. | |
| I know our party will be in great hands with this leadership team and our wonderful members of the 168. | ||
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The thing that I have loved most about the RNC is the people. | |
| I have loved doing this work with you. | ||
| I have a long list of thank yous, but with 168 members and over 100 staff, we could be here for a very long time. | ||
| But I do want to thank our wonderful RNC officers, Casey Crosby, Vicki Drummond, and of course Joe. | ||
| Thank you to our wonderful chief of staff, Mike Ambrosini, and our incredibly talented senior staff. | ||
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Thank you to Mallory Magoo and the member services team, Mandy Lester and her legal staff. | |
| What a great job you have done putting together this meeting. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I also want to thank Emily Mulcahy, my scheduler, and Mason Tilley. | ||
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They are so wonderful that I'm taking with me on my next journey. | |
| Sorry, Joe. | ||
| I also want to thank my partner in crime in North Carolina, Jason Simmons, who has been an ally since day one back in 2016. | ||
| Jason and the state party in North Carolina are going to get pretty tired of me pretty quick, but I want to thank you for your leadership in the Old North State. | ||
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Most importantly, I want to thank my wonderful wife, Suzanne. | |
| I think she's in the back somewhere. | ||
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| As well as my three amazing kids, Michael, George, and Mary Kate. | ||
| I could not have done this without you. | ||
| And finally, I want to thank President Trump. | ||
| Truly, being asked by President Trump to serve as the chair of the RNC and work alongside him, his team, and all of you has been an incredible honor. | ||
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I am so proud of all that we have accomplished. | |
| As we turn the page, the road ahead is going to be long and hard fought, but we have an amazing team. | ||
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We have great members of this committee. | |
| We have a strong movement. | ||
| And we have the best president leading the charge to make America great again. | ||
| It has been an incredible honor. | ||
| Thank you all, and God bless the RNC. | ||
| And with that, we have some business to attend to. | ||
| I would ask for unanimous consent that the committee accept my resignation as RNC chairman effective upon the election of my successor. | ||
| Pursuant to Rule No. 4C, vacancies in the office of chairman shall be filled by the Republican National Committee in the same manner in which the chairman was elected in the first place. | ||
| RNC officer elections are governed by rule number 5C, which reads in relevant part, all officers, except the vice chair, shall be nominated from the floor and shall have at least the majority vote of the Republican National Committee members in each of three states in order to have their names placed into nomination. | ||
| Only one candidate provided the necessary documentation of support from at least two members from three states for the office of chairman. | ||
| A candidate's nominating and seconding speeches will be allotted five minutes total. | ||
| The RNC Council's office will keep time, signaling with a yellow card when 30 seconds remain and a red card when time has expired. | ||
| Nominating speeches will be made from the podium, and seconding speeches may be made from the microphones on the floor. | ||
| Only the members recognized for nominating and seconding the candidates will be allowed to speak. | ||
| Following the close of nominations, a voice vote will be conducted. | ||
| After the election, the elected officer will have the opportunity to address the body. | ||
| These are the procedures we have followed in the past for officer elections, and without objection, these are the procedures we will follow again today. | ||
| Hearing no objections, it is so ordered. | ||
| Joe Gruyter, the National Committee Man from Florida, is the only candidate for chairman who has demonstrated the required support for nomination. | ||
| The chair recognizes Scott Golden, the state chairman from Tennessee, for the purpose of nominating Mr. Gruters for RNC chairman. | ||
| Thank you for your service. | ||
| Thank you for the yard signs that you put in my car and the directions to Western North Carolina on the way home. | ||
| Watley for Senate. | ||
| Watleyforsenate.com. | ||
| He failed to mention that. | ||
| It is an exciting period in the RNC. | ||
| I'm so happy for him. | ||
| And when I got the news that Joe Gruters was going to be the next chairman, I have been beaming. | ||
| We are blessed to have a leader that is willing to do this. | ||
| And it is my honor to get to make a quick speech. | ||
| Mandy, I'm watching. | ||
| But there's a lot there, and the excitement is over the moon. | ||
| But I want to tell you a little bit about the Joe Gruiters that we're getting, because that's the questions that I get asked: tell me about Joe. | ||
| What's he done? | ||
| And when you start looking at his resume, you will see 20 years worth of political involvement at every single level that we ourselves have been at. | ||
| A volunteer, a staffer, a party, local party chairman, the vice chairman of the Florida Republican Party, the chairman of the Florida Republican Party, a state representative, a state senator, ultimately our treasurer, RNC committeeman. | ||
| He has been in every one of the positions that you and I currently serve. | ||
| He is immensely qualified for the task that he has undertaken. | ||
| And more importantly, he is a dear friend, and I could not be more happy for him. | ||
| Actually, truth be told, I'm really happy that his golf game is going to suffer with disappointment, by the way. | ||
| So what's in it for me is the way it goes. | ||
| So let me just finish up by saying this, and I know we're going to be quick, that he is President Trump's choice for this position. | ||
| He has been our choice already, and he is the best choice to lead this party to victory in 2026. | ||
| I am honored to nominate Joe Gruyters of Florida as the next RNC chairman. | ||
| Great job. | ||
| The chair will now recognize David Bossi, the National Committeeman from Maryland, and Kathleen King, the National Committee Woman from Florida, for the purposes of seconding the nomination. | ||
| Thank you, Michael. | ||
| Good luck in your next endeavor. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| We all know you're going to crush it. | ||
| It is my honor today to rise to second the nomination of a man who has been with President Trump and with the Make America Great Again movement from the very beginning, my good friend Joe Gruyters. | ||
| Joe and I have both been in the trenches alongside President Trump since 2015, fighting to expose the Washington establishment, battling the radical left, and helping build the greatest political movement this country has ever seen. | ||
| From the rallies, from the first rallies to the final get-out-the-vote efforts, Joe has always shown up, not for personal gain, but for the cause of America first. | ||
| During the 2016 campaign, when many doubted us, Joe stepped forward as one of President Trump's earliest supporters, serving as Florida's co-chair alongside my good friend, the great Susie Wiles, and helping deliver a decisive victory in the Sunshine State. | ||
| In 2020, he did it again, building the infrastructure, turning out the vote, and helping Florida become a fortress for President Trump. | ||
| And in 2024, under Joe's incredible leadership, Florida delivered margins so strong they shocked the political class and the mainstream media. | ||
| As chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, Joe proved what bold, disciplined leadership can accomplish. | ||
| He expanded our grassroots army, flipped voter registration, and delivered an unbroken string of victories up and down the ballot. | ||
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That is no accident. | |
| That is Joe Grueders' steady hand and strategic vision. | ||
| My fellow members, the stakes could not be higher. | ||
| We need a chairman who is battle-tested, trusted by the president, and proven in the field. | ||
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That man is Joe Gruyters. | |
| It is my privilege to second the nomination of Joe Gruyter's for chairman of the Republican National Committee. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Good morning. | ||
| I proudly rise to third the nomination of my friend and colleague Joe Gruters for RNC chair. | ||
| I've had the privilege of serving alongside Joe for the last couple of decades at the local, state, and national level. | ||
| Joe and I served side by side holding a congressional district at a time, as you heard, when Florida wasn't read like it is today. | ||
| We've moved up in the state party leadership and the national leadership structure together. | ||
| It was under Joe's leadership as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida that we doubled the margin of victory to deliver Florida for President Trump in 2020. | ||
| We flipped the voter registration advantage to Republican for the first time in modern history in Florida in 2020-21. | ||
| This positioned us to re-elect Governor Ron DeSantis with historic margins in 2022. | ||
| And we took back a Florida cabinet seat. | ||
| We elected a supermajority of the Florida House and Senate. | ||
| We flipped four congressional seats, which led Republicans to regain control of the U.S. House in 2020-23. | ||
| And it was over these years that I got to know Joe. | ||
| Joe is a reliable, relentless, fearless, unafraid, political junkie, ton of fun guy, who will always show up when he says he will, and he doesn't play it safe. | ||
| Kind of like someone else we know. | ||
| Joe's philosophy is to never be outworked. | ||
| His political life actually began when he was about the age of 13 when his mom was driving the swim practice with the voice of Rush Limbaugh booming over the radio. | ||
| Later in ninth grade, he scored bonus points for world history class for going to a Vice President Dan Quayle event, and that's when he really got hooked. | ||
| Joe's a family man. | ||
| He's a man of faith. | ||
| He knows what's important. | ||
| He grew up one of six children and has a twin sister. | ||
| And actually, the sister brigade, where are the Gruder girls? | ||
| They're here. | ||
| Kelly, Jackie, and Sally. | ||
| They showed up last night to support Joe. | ||
| His brothers, Tim and Steve, are with him in spirit. | ||
| His wife Sydney is also here with us today. | ||
| Where are you, Sydney? | ||
| They have three children together. | ||
| Joe and Sydney actually met working on a congressional campaign. | ||
| At one point, Joe asked for a pay raise. | ||
| They promptly said, No, Joe, it's not in the budget. | ||
| And he said, Well, instead, could I have this desk next to Sydney? | ||
| Joe got the desk, obviously. | ||
| As you heard Chairman Watley say so eloquently yesterday and today, Joe is President Trump's pick to lead the RNC. | ||
| He's the right man at the right time to help every state replicate the success we've had in Florida. | ||
| As Joe goes forward to lead our organization, he will need our support and prayers. | ||
| So I want to start now, and I want to bestow an Irish blessing upon Joe. | ||
| In homage to your dad, who flew B-52 bombers in Vietnam, may the strength of God pilot you. | ||
| In honor of your mom, who's watching and loving you from heaven, may the angels surround you. | ||
| May the wisdom of God instruct you. | ||
| May the hand of God protect you. | ||
| May the word of God direct you. | ||
| And may God give you the strength to face every day and know you never walk alone. | ||
| Go get him, Joe. | ||
| The nomination of Joe Gruters for chairman of the Republican National Committee has been moved and seconded. | ||
| Since there are no other candidates who qualify under Rule 5C, nominations are now closed. | ||
| We will now move to a vote. | ||
| The question is on the election of Joe Gruyers as the chairman of the Republican National Committee. | ||
| All those in favor signify by saying aye. | ||
| Aye. | ||
| All opposed, please say no. | ||
| The ayes have it, and Joe Gruters is elected as the chairman of the Republican National Committee. | ||
| Mr. Chairman, congratulations. | ||
| The podium is yours. | ||
| Thank you all so much. | ||
| Now the party's in great hands moving forward. | ||
| The skies are clear. | ||
| I love the chairman. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| What an incredible honor. | ||
| First and foremost, I want to thank my fellow members of the Republican National Committee, all of you. | ||
| And I hope you enjoy the jackets on your seats. | ||
| There are nine of you. | ||
| Yes. | ||
| There are personalized, there are nine of you who don't have jackets because I didn't make the communication in time, but I'm going to get you jackets in time. | ||
| You just have to send me your sizes. | ||
| But hopefully you'll wear those on a consistent basis back in your home states as a signal of unity, as a signal of leadership. | ||
| The countless hours that you dedicate and the sacrifices you make and the commitment that you show to advancing our cause in every state and every community, you are the engine of our party. | ||
| The chairman, Michael Watley, again, he we have giant shoes to fill. | ||
| He's done such an incredible job as chairman. | ||
| It's going to be hard to keep the pace that he has set. | ||
| $84 million cash on hand. | ||
| And to think about it, right now, the Democrats have $15 million cash on hand. | ||
| That doesn't mean that we're going to be able to rest or to slow down because we're going to have to continue to move as fast as we can. | ||
| And Chairman Watley was caught when he was called by the president to serve as the next U.S. Senator of North Carolina, which he will win. | ||
| All of us are going to make sure that he wins and make sure you go to watleyforsenate.com and to support him and to help him. | ||
| He has been an incredible chairman, and I just want to say thank you for his leadership again and everything you've done for the party. | ||
| And Godspeed for you in your efforts to be the next U.S. Senator for North Carolina. | ||
| Let's give him a round of applause. | ||
| And to our outstanding vice president, JD Vance, and our co-chair, Casey Crosby, and the entire RNC team, your leadership will help us build the strongest, most energized Republican National Committee in history. | ||
| And again, Casey Crosby is all class, right? | ||
| Here we are serving together, and I tell everybody I hope to have as good a relationship that you had with the chairman moving forward with you. | ||
| She is everywhere. | ||
| Just like Michael Wally was everywhere, Casey Crosby has taken this job very seriously. | ||
| She has been everywhere, and she deserves a round of applause for everything that she's done for our party. | ||
| And, of course, none of us would be here without the vision and courage of President Donald J. Trump. | ||
| His movement reshaped American politics and brought millions of working men and women into our party. | ||
| Mr. President, thank you for the faith in me and for everything you do to fight for America's future. | ||
| Today is not about one person, it is about our mission. | ||
| The midterms are ahead where we must expand our majority in the House and the Senate and continue electing Republicans nationwide. | ||
| And then we march forward towards the presidential election where the stakes could not be higher. | ||
| The Democrats want open borders, socialist policies, and weak leadership. | ||
| We want strong families, secure communities, and American greatness. | ||
| That's why we must unite, innovate, and work harder than ever before. | ||
| And I always say, and all of you guys deal with this on the there's so many factions of the Republican Party. | ||
| I'm sure you've seen online Joe Grueders is not as good of a conservative. | ||
| We could do better. | ||
| But here's the deal: at the end of the day, whatever party does a better job of uniting the factions and bringing everybody together, we all win at the end. | ||
| But everything moving forward begins with election integrity. | ||
| Every legal vote must be counted, every ballot protected, and Republicans must be ready to win before, during, and after Election Day. | ||
| That also means registering new voters, turning out Republicans in every precinct, and investing in the technology and ground game to win, not just in red states, but everywhere. | ||
| Every vote matters. | ||
| And through it all, we will stay true to our principles: faith, family, freedom, and opportunity. | ||
| These are not just Republican values, they are American values. | ||
| Together, we will expand our Republican majority and deliver sweeping victories that will shape America for generations to come. | ||
| So let's get to work. | ||
| Let's win, and let's save America. | ||
| Thank you and God bless to every single one of you. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I'm surprised I was able to get through that without crying. | ||
| I would like to thank my wife back there. | ||
| Great job. | ||
| We're going to win. | ||
| We will now proceed to elect oh, before that, I have to resign as treasurer. | ||
| And I would ask for unanimous consent from the committee to accept my resignation as treasurer. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Jennifer Rich is going to be much better. | ||
| We will now proceed to elect a new treasurer. | ||
| The chair recognizes Ed Cox, State Chairman from New York, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for RNC Treasurer, followed by Drew McKissick, Chairman of South Carolina, for a seconding speech. | ||
| Chairman Cox. | ||
| During her tenure, excuse me, let me get started. | ||
| It is my honor to nominate for Treasurer of the Republican National Committee New York Party's National Committeewoman, Jennifer Saul Rich. | ||
| Jennifer has served as a member of the Republican National Committee since 2004, and she has earned the respect and trust of her RNC colleagues over her more than 20 years of service to the RNC. | ||
| As a past member of the Resolutions Committee and of the Rules Committee, and as a present member of the Budget Committee, Jennifer knows the RNC inside and out, and of course, its budget. | ||
| Her long record of RNC service is defined by professionalism, integrity, and getting results. | ||
| Above all, she understands the responsibility that comes with managing our party's resources. | ||
| Jennifer's commitment to our Republican cause runs deep. | ||
| It is rooted in a family that has long championed our values and has invested in our success. | ||
| She will bring to the role of treasurer a strong sense of duty. | ||
| As a leader in both the education and nonprofit sectors, she has managed complex budgets and built consensus among diverse stakeholders. | ||
| Her tenure as chair of the New York County Republican Committee, she learned the care and feeding of our all-important grassroots. | ||
| Her leadership in countless fundraising events ingrained in her that party funds are hard-earned. | ||
| Her participation in our strategic initiatives taught her that RNC funds must be used wisely and intelligently with an unwavering focus on victory. | ||
| From her hard-earned experience, she has developed the very qualities needed in a treasurer, integrity, discipline, and transparency. | ||
| Jennifer's proven record of fiscal stewardship make her the right person to safeguard the resources that fuel our candidates and their fight for our values, which as the chairman just said are not just our values, but they are American values. | ||
| The Republican National Committee needs a treasurer who is steady, trusted, and committed to our shared mission. | ||
| That person is Jennifer Saul Rich. | ||
| Now we recognize Drew McKissick for the second. | ||
| Good afternoon. | ||
| Good afternoon. | ||
| Well, Mr. Chairman, I'm honored to come here today and second the nomination of Jennifer Rich for treasurer. | ||
| As a proud member of the Southern Region, this is a little bittersweet because I think we're going to lose our stranglehold on all the elected offices of the party. | ||
| But I will say this, though, as chairman of South Carolina, I can point out I believe our state is the home of the most former members of the RNC who've retired down our way. | ||
| And I'm hopeful of Jennifer, though, because she's recently sent her daughter down to live in South Carolina. | ||
| So I think she's doing recon work for Jennifer for a later date, but that's fine. | ||
| But, you know, I'm real proud, though, and happy to see somebody who has the depth of experience that she does to be elevated to these roles. | ||
| I mean, we all know we work in positions like this in our own state. | ||
| We're always looking for people who have done the work, who have a proven record to elevate the positions of responsibility. | ||
| And she's got that. | ||
| She's done that. | ||
| I mean, she's done the work down in the trenches. | ||
| She's a top 10 member of this committee in terms of seniority. | ||
| And that's not because she doesn't know what she's doing, obviously. | ||
| She's got the experience. | ||
| She's got the institutional knowledge. | ||
| That's important. | ||
| She brings that to the table. | ||
| She spent the time in the vineyards doing the work, and I appreciate that. | ||
| I've said all the time that there are three things, three things that our party focuses on that we need to stay focused on just relentlessly in order to be successful. | ||
| And one is communicating a message that resonates with people. | ||
| Two is building the organization that we need to turn out the vote. | ||
| Three, then, is raising the money to do number one and number two. | ||
| And part and parcel of that is in managing the money. | ||
| And Jennifer has the experience to do that. | ||
| She knows how important that is. | ||
| And I couldn't be prouder to nominate her, second the nomination for treasurer. | ||
| Y'all join me in supporting and voting for Jennifer for treasurer. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Jennifer Rich has been nominated and because there are no other nominations that qualify under Rule Number 5C, nominations are now closed. | ||
| The question is on the election of Jennifer Rich as treasurer of the Republican National Committee. | ||
| All those in favor say aye. | ||
| Those that are opposed say no. | ||
| The ayes haven't. | ||
| Jennifer Rich is elected treasurer of the Republican National Committee. | ||
| Jennifer, congratulations, and come up and say a few words. | ||
| Thank you, everybody, so much. | ||
| Got to put the glasses on, getting older by the day, not when I started here 20 years ago. | ||
| Thank you, Chairman Cox, Chairman McKissick, and my fellow party leaders for your trust in me. | ||
| I'm honored to serve as treasurer of the RNC. | ||
| I also want to congratulate my predecessor and our new chairman, Joe Gruyers, whose leadership has been invaluable. | ||
| Having served on the budget committee under Christine Toretti, I'm aware of the importance of accountability and sound stewardship. | ||
| As treasurer, I will uphold the highest standards of accuracy, transparency, and integrity. | ||
| I look forward to working closely with our CFO, Megan Thompson, who runs a strong and compliant operation to ensure our finances remain exemplary, maintaining the standard as we support our new chairman, Joe Gruers, and President Trump. | ||
| Thank you again for your confidence. | ||
| I look forward to the work ahead together. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| Thank you, Jennifer. | ||
| Now, is there any new business for consideration? | ||
| Okay, that concludes our committee business today. | ||
| I want to thank you all for everything that you do for our party and our country. | ||
| Remember, this is the president's party. | ||
| We're going to do everything humanly possible to help him advance his agenda and make sure that he's successful so he has a full, full four-year term. | ||
| I will now entertain a motion that the general session of the 2025 summer meeting of the Republican National Committee be adjourned. | ||
| We have a motion that has been made and it's seconded. | ||
| All those in favor of adjournment, please signify by saying aye. | ||
| All those opposed, the ayes have it. | ||
| This meeting is adjourned. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Congratulations, everybody. | ||
| Real quick, get away. | ||
| Mike here. | ||
| And we lit up your world like the 4th of July. | ||
| Hey, Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of the bank. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Winner. | ||
| The Democratic National Committee meets on Monday in Minneapolis for its annual summer meeting. | ||
| DNC Chair Ken Martin is expected to speak about the future of the party, including a proposal to eliminate corporate and so-called dark money donations from the upcoming presidential primary cycle. | ||
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