It’s Election Day for the Republican National Committee.
Incumbent RNC chairman Ronna McDaniel is expected to win a fourth term in Friday’s election, but the party grapples with its future behind former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump. As such, it faces a controversial challenge.
California attorney Hermit Dillon, who is seeking McDaniel’s job, has drawn support from prominent Republicans, including Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. It’s here.
Meanwhile, more than 100 of the 168 actual Republican committee members have voiced their support for McDaniel, enough to give her the victory and another two-year term.
The Commission will hold elections by secret ballot during the General Assembly on Friday, which concludes its three-day winter meeting in Dana Point, California.
Here’s what else is going on in politics.
- President Joe Biden Five former Memphis police officers called for a “peaceful protest” after being charged Thursday in the Tire Nichols case.
- California Attorney Donald Trump’s attorney, John Eastman, is about to be stripped of his legal license.
- House Democrats We are about to repeal the Hyde Amendment, a clause that prohibits federal funding for most abortions.
- Monterey Park Memorial: Harris wants stricter gun control.
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Biden calls for ‘peaceful protest’ before releasing body camera footage in Tyre Nichols case
President Joe Biden said Tyre Nichols’ family deserves a “prompt, thorough and fair investigation” into his death, and five former Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder on Thursday. He called for a “peaceful protest”.
“I understand anger, but violence is never acceptable,” Biden said in his initial statement on the Nichols case. “Violence is destructive and breaks the law. Peaceful protests for justice have no place.”
Nichols, 29, died in “two clashes with police” after police traffic stopped on January 7, according to Memphis police. Nichols “complainted shortness of breath,” police said. Video of the exchange from a body camera worn by police is due to be released Friday night.Nichols was black.The five officers charged in the incident are also black.
“We cannot ignore the fact that deadly encounters with law enforcement affect blacks and browns differently,” Biden said, citing a crackdown on reform bills that stalled in Congress last year. called again.
– Joey Garrison
Memphis Police Case: ‘This Was a Crime’: Former Memphis Police Officer Arrested, Faces Murder Charges in Tyre Nichols’ Death
