RNC Chairwoman takes first-in-the-nation dig at Democrats

ADAM: WELCOME BACK TO CLOSE UP. FOR THE MOST PART, DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE DARK ON THE STATUS OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY. THE DNC HAS PUNTED ITS DECISION ON WHETHER TO DEMOTE NEW HAMPSHIRE ON ITS EARLY VOTING STATE CALENDAR UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. MANY LONGTIME PRIMARY DEFENDERS HERE BELIEVE THAT’S A VERY OBVIOUS AND OMINOUS SIGN FOR WHAT DEMOCRATS INTEND TO DO AS IT SPARES CANDIDATES LIKE SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN FROM TAKING ANY POLITICAL BLOWBACK OVER POTENTIAL BAD NEWS. NOTHING IS DECIDED YET, AND DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO POINT OUT THAT STATE LAW STILL ENSURES NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL HOLD THE FIRST PRIMARY. BUT REPUBLICANS, WHO HAVE AFFIRMED NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST-IN-THE-NATION STATUS IN THEIR 2024 CALENDAR, ARE TAKING EVERY CHANCE THEY CAN GET TO REMIND VOTERS THAT THEY ARE STAUNCHLY DEFENDING A CENTURY-OLD GRANITE STATE TRADITION WHILE DEMOCRATS, AT LEAST NATIONALLY, REMAIN AMBIVALENT. RNC CHAIRWOMAN RONNA MCDANIEL WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST WEEK FOR THE NHGOP UNITY BREAKFAST. ONE OF THE BIGGEST APPLAUSE LINES OF HER SPEECH, IN FACT, IT DREW A STANDING OVATION, CAME WHEN SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE HAS COMMITTED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN A 1-ON-1 INTERVIEW SHE TOLD US SHE BELIEVES NATIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE GRANITE STATE SAYING THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN HER HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN OTHER DEMOCRATIC STATE PARTIES CAN SMELL BLOOD IN THE WATER. RONNA: I KNOW DEMOCRATS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, BECAUSE I AM FROM MICHIGAN AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET MICHIGAN TO BE FIRST IN THE NATION. THAT IS WHY THEY PUNTED THE DECISION UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ALREADY COMMITTED. IT IS IN OUR RULES. IT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO THESE PEOPLE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE ABANDONING NEW HAMPSHIRE. ADAM: NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS INCLUDING SENATOR HASSAN HAVE SAID THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST IN THE NATION STATUS. WE’LL KNOW FOR SURE IF THEIR LARGELY BEHIND-THE-SCENES EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE WEEKS AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WHEN THE DNC RU

CloseUp: RNC Chairwoman takes first-in-the-nation dig at Democrats

Updated: 11:13 AM EDT Sep 18, 2022

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was in New Hampshire last week for the NHGOP Unity Breakfast.

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was in New Hampshire last week for the NHGOP Unity Breakfast.