President Donald Trump appears to have selected another top ally for a major role at the Republican National Committee (RNC).
Axios reports that the RNC’s new leadership, which was hand-picked by Trump, has now selected attorney Sean Cairncross for a top position at the organization.
Per the outlet:
Former President Trump’s new team at the Republican National Committee has tapped former RNC executive Sean Cairncross to help run the party’s operations and watch its spending in the run-up to the November election, two people familiar with the move tell Axios.
This is likely to be a major change for the committee.
Ronna Romney McDaniel was recently removed from the RNC chair.
The change came after facing significant criticism about how McDaniel was running things.
Among other criticisms, McDaniel was accused of excessive spending.
There is little doubt that Cairncross is being brought in to rectify the situation.
He, according to Axios, “is a lawyer with a reputation of enforcing financial discipline — someone who can ‘watch the money.'”
It appears that Cairncross was selected for the position by Chris LaCivita, who is a major player for Trump.
Currently, LaCivita is the co-manager for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
He has also been selected to be the chief operating officer of the RNC.
At the RNC, Cairncross will be working directly under LaCivita.
Last week, the RNC agreed to fill its vacant leadership position – which resulted from the resignation of McDaniel – with Trump’s hand-picked choices.
This includes Michael Whatley, the head of North Carolina’s Republican Party – who is going to be the RNC’s new chairman.
Lara Trump, former President Trump’s daughter-in-law – will now also serve as the RNC’s co-chair.
In addition to this, it was announced that LaCivita is going to be the RNC’s COO.
The moves come as Trump and the RNC seek to closer align their priorities heading into the critical 2024 election.
The Associated Press reported last week that Trump orchestrated a “takeover” of the RNC:
The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump’s handpicked leadership team, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a third straight presidential nomination.
Whatley and the others have all vowed to make getting Trump elected in the 2024 election the RNC’s top priority for this year.
In a statement, Whatley said:
The RNC is going to be the vanguard of a movement that will work tirelessly every single day to elect our nominee, Donald J. Trump, as the 47th President of the United States.
