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Ronna Maddow

In her post-R.N.C. reality, Ronna McDaniel will take her talents to NBC News for a post-peak cable contract that reflects both the stain of Trump and the humbling of the industry itself.

Ronna McDaniel
Like many D.C. hustlers before her, McDaniel determined that the fastest and most lucrative path back to mainstream legitimacy was through the green room. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
March 22, 2024

In early March, about one week before stepping down as the embattled chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna Romney McDaniel decided it was time to get a talent agent. For months, Trump and his allies had been waging an intense pressure campaign to eject McDaniel from her seat, both because they wanted a more loyal and sycophantic party chair, and because it was easier to blame her, as opposed to the former president and his exorbitant legal entanglements, for the party’s financial and ballot box woes.