Nikki Haley's campaign manager is blasting former President Donald Trump's choice of three people to lead the Republican National Committee.
Trump on Monday endorsed Michael Whatley, North Carolina Republican Party chair for RNC chief. He also endorsed daughter-in-law Lara Trump for RNC co-chair.
Lara Trump is the wife of Eric Trump, Donald Trump's second son. Trump also announced his support for Chris LaCivita for chief operating officer of the GOP.
LaCivita was most recently Trump's senior campaign adviser and has been a longtime political strategist and former political director for the National Republican Senate Committee.
"Trump just announced he is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic," said Haley's campaign manager Betsy Ankney. "Under Donald Trump and current RNC leadership, Republicans lost elections in 2018, 2020, and 2022, and now the RNC is effectively bankrupt.
"Nikki Haley's plan for the RNC? Blow it all up. Everyone at the RNC will be fired, there will be a full and complete audit of the gross misuse of funds, and there will be a formal application process to become RNC chair based on merit, not on back scratching. The days of overpaid consultants getting rich off of the RNC while losing elections will be over, and Republicans will finally get back to winning."
Trump's RNC endorsements come amid conflicting reports that the current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is set to step down from her post following next week's South Carolina Primary.