There will be ''big problems'' if the Republican National Committee or its House and Senate affiliates oppose candidates endorsed by the former president, Trump senior adviser Jason Miller warned on Thursday.
''If the NRCC or the committee were to come in, really strong, to attack [former Trump aide] Max [Miller] … No. 1, that’s going to get President Trump involved in a huge way. But I think it’s probably safe to say that any cooperation or working with such an entity in the future is probably done,'' Miller said Thursday during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s ''War Room'' podcast.
''They might be able to go out and do a little bit of lip service because they kind of have to because that’s in the bylaws,'' Miller said. ''But if President Trump endorses someone to race and when the committee starts attacking them, there are going to be big problems.''
Trump and the RNC worked hand-in-hand during the 2020 election but have clashed in the months since he left office, with the committee on Monday saying it had ''every right to refer to public figures as it engages in core, First Amendment-protected political speech'' and that it ''will continue to do so in pursuit of these common goals'' after Trump sent cease-and-desist letters to the committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Republican National Senatorial Committee warning them not to appeal to donors using his name and image.
Trump in his first major speech since leaving office urged his supporters to donate their money to Save America, his political action committee, instead of the GOP’s traditional fundraising organizations.
The tiff was resolved, though, with GOP leaders and Trump releasing statements indicating they would work together.
''He wants to make sure no RINOs in any of the money that he’s raising — anything he’s doing isn’t going to help RINOs or picking bad candidates,'' Miller said. ''He is, I think —it’s probably an understatement — pretty fired up about this.''
Part of Trump’s plan to stockpile money includes helping candidates challenge dissident Republicans. So far, he has endorsed Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina, who is running for reelection; Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is mounting a campaign to run for Arkansas governor; Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Jerry Moran of Kansas and Max Miller in Ohio. Miller, one of Trump’s former White House aides, is attempting to primary Rocky River U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez in 2022. Gonzalez broke with the Republican Party and voted to impeach Trump.
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