Trump Cryptically Swipes at Ronna McDaniel After NBC News Firing, Says She’s in ‘NEVER NEVERLAND’
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Former President Donald Trump offered a curious reaction to the news that NBC dropped Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor just five days after announcing the hire.
Earlier this month, McDaniel stepped down as chair of the Republican National Committee, where she promoted Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Backlash at NBC News and MSNBC was swift and loud, as multiple on-air personalities railed against the decision. But on Tuesday, NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde sent a memo to employees telling them he had reversed the decision and McDaniel was out.
“I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down,” he wrote. “While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it.”
A couple of hours later, Trump took to his Truth Social platform and swiped at McDaniel, who, according to him, is now in “NEVER NEVERLAND”:
Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear. It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be. These Radical Left Lunatics are CRAZY, and the top people at NBC ARE WEAK. They were BROKEN and EMBARRASSED by LOW RATINGS, HIGHLY OVERPAID, “TALENT.” BRING BACK FREE AND FAIR PRESS – MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 2024!
The former president may be alluding to the fact that on Sunday, McDaniel admitted that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, but insisted “there were problems” with the contest.
McDaniel has been a loyal pro-Trump operative since ascending to RNC committee chair in 2017. Formerly, she went by Ronna Romney McDaniel, but she dropped “Romney” after Trump reportedly asked her to after he repeatedly clashed with her uncle, Sen. Mitt Romney.
