Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Lands Cushy Mainstream Media Gig

It didn’t take long for Ronna McDaniel to find another job after she was forced out of her position at the helm of the Republican National Committee.

None other than NBC News extended an offer to the ex-RNC chair to become an on-air commentator for the left-leaning outlet.

As Breitbart explained:

“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” Carrie Budoff Brown, who oversees NBC News political coverage, wrote in a memo, adding that Ms. McDaniel would provide “an insider’s perspective on national politics and the future of the Republican Party.” Ms. McDaniel will be especially involved in the coverage of the 2024 campaign, including election nights.

The pro-Trump former RNC chairwoman announced in February ahead of Super Tuesday that she would be stepping down from her post in March to allow the GOP’s presidential nominee to pick the next chair. Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was on a glide path to the nomination at the time, with one opponent left for the GOP nomination in former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

Her new job was the source of some social media criticism from across the political spectrum.

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Who else is going to turn off their TV or change the channel every time Ronna McDaniel comes on @NBCNews or @MSNBC? pic.twitter.com/U5hlVVpVQy

— Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) March 23, 2024

MSNBC legal analyst (on @NBCNews hiring Ronna McDaniel) 👀 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/hKzooQQ4yD

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) March 23, 2024

McDaniel is expected to make her debut network appearance on Sunday.

News of the hire reportedly sparked some internal backlash within the media giant, as Yahoo reported:

The hire ignited controversy with some network staffers speaking out, including MSNBC columnist Marisa Kabas who posted on social media an email she sent to NBC News questioning the network’s reasoning and asking for them to reconsider the hire.

“You wrote: ‘It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team.’ As a fellow voice on the team — albeit one far less known, far less powerful, and likely far less compensated — I want to understand what kind of message this is supposed to send to us?” Kabas wrote in the email.

“As columnists we are held to strict standards of factuality and truth, and are expected to have a fundamental understanding of our democracy,” Kabas continued. “McDaniel has proven time and again she adheres to none of those values, and lacks that very basic understanding.”

Another MSNBC columnist, Andrea Grimes “cosigned” the message by simply writing “f–k this.”

Here’s a little analysis of the controversy that led to McDaniel’s ouster from the RNC: