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By Dillon Burroughs
Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump’s campaign announced the formation of his presidential transition team on Friday. The team’s leadership consists of five chair member that include two of Trump’s adult sons. “The 2024 GOP Platform to Make America Great Again is a forward-looking agenda that will deliver safety, prosperity and freedom for the American people. My administration will deliver on these bold promises,” Trump said in a statement. “We will restore strength, competence and common sense to the Oval Office. I have absolute confidence the Trump-Vance Administration will be ready to govern effectively on Day One.” The full list of members includes Linda McMahon and Howard Lutnick, both serving as co-chairs, along with running mate JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump serving as honorary chair members. Lutnick hosted a fundraising event for Trump earlier this month, according to The Hill. McMahon is the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) with her husband Vince McMahon. She also previously led the pro-Trump group America First Policy Institute. Trump Jr. and Eric Trump served as executive committee team members in 2016. Rick Dearborn, Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Sessions, served as the previous Executive Director. Past vice chair members in 2016 included a larger group of leaders, including Michael Flynn, Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie, Jeff Sessions and Ben Carson, among others.
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By Dillon Burroughs Photo: Alamy The Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley highlighted that 24 Republican attorneys general have filed a motion to the Supreme Court to stop non-citizens from voting in the 2024 presidential election. Whatley shared the update during an interview with Fox Business News host Maria Bartiromo on Friday. “We had a great motion yesterday that was filed by 24 Republican attorneys general from across the country in support of our lawsuit in Arizona to ensure that illegal immigrants are not allowed to vote,” he stated. “It’s a very important premise that non-citizens are not able to vote in this election cycle, so we were very excited to see 24 Republican attorneys general stand up and file that brief with the Supreme Court to defend our action in Arizona,” Whatley added. The RNC filed an emergency application for a stay pending appeal in the Supreme Court in the case involving the Supreme Court in Arizona regarding the need to enforce proof of citizenship requirements in the presidential election. “Requiring proof of citizenship is common sense and fundamental to preserving the integrity of our elections – especially in our country’s most important presidential election,” Whatley said in a statement announcing the application. “This application in the Supreme Court is pivotal to ensuring that Arizonans’ votes are not cancelled by non-citizens. Non-citizen voting is illegal and we are taking every possible action to ensure American elections are decided solely by Americans,” he continued. The RNC won a case that defended the law’s citizenship verification provisions in federal court. The court later prevented Arizona from enforcing the documentary proof of the citizenship requirements. The committee appealed the ruling to the 9th Circuit. It also applied for a stay in the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Arizona to enforce its proof of citizenship requirements. Arizona GOP Chair Gina Swoboda also spoke out on the matter in a July statement from the RNC. “Our election outcomes must reflect the voices of American voters. Any vote cast by a non-citizen dilutes those votes and risks silencing those voices. This is a very real problem in Arizona and we are committed to resolving it. The AZGOP and the RNC are engaging at every level to ensure our elections properly reflect the will of Arizona voters,” she wrote. Dillon Burroughs is a writer whose previous roles have included writing for The Daily Wire and The Western Journal. He lives with his family in Tennessee. |
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