An RNC committeeman has submitted the proposal despite Nikki Haley’s vow to stay in the race.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is reviewing a draft resolution that, if approved, would declare Donald Trump the party’s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee even as Nikki Haley continues to wage a vigorous campaign against the former president and frontrunner.
The draft resolution, obtained by The Dispatch Thursday morning, was proposed by David Bossie, an RNC committeeman from Maryland and close Trump ally. His effort to put the national party on a general election footing behind Trump follows RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel saying after the former president defeated Haley in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary that it was time for Republicans to unite behind the frontrunner and focus on defeating President Joe Biden.
“RESOLVED that the Republican National Committee hereby declares President Trump as our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of the United States and from this moment forward moves into full general election mode welcoming supporters of all candidates as valued members of Team Trump 2024,” reads a key portion of the draft resolution.
Under current RNC rules, Trump still has to win the requisite number of nominating convention delegates—1,215—to become the party’s unchallenged presumptive nominee. After the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, Trump leads Haley in the race for delegates 32 to 17.
But passage of this resolution, possibly next week at the RNC winter meeting in Las Vegas, could begin a preemptive process of the national party working with the former president as if he had already done so. And under RNC rules, that is permissible. This resolution, even in draft form, also functions as another sign that the GOP establishment is anxious to coalesce behind Trump and put an end to a presidential primary that, after his victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, the former president looks poised to win.
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NEWS: Republican National Committee reviewing a draft resolution that if approved would declare TRUMP the party’s presumptive 2024 nominee even as @NikkiHaley wages a vigorous campaign against the frontrunner. https://t.co/rl5aiQ90ap @thedispatch
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) January 25, 2024
This can't be right. I've been reliably informed that Republicans will not stand for election interference. https://t.co/ZPt3z2HFUQ
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 25, 2024
Skipping the voting process completely. Sounds like something a dictator would do. https://t.co/sNUXXBl2me
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 25, 2024
I have to dig it up, but this was one of my Rickstradamus predictions in 2023 https://t.co/HS49ALfapH
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 25, 2024
The establishment strikes back. https://t.co/ckJfPPuhkW
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 25, 2024
Trump Rejects Now-Withdrawn Draft Resolution to Have RNC Declare Him 'Presumptive 2024 Nominee' | @NRO https://t.co/YSGdchJOsc
— Audrey Fahlberg (@AudreyFahlberg) January 26, 2024
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