Republicans Turn on Each Other After Election Losses

Republican officials appeared to turn against each other on Wednesday, following some election losses this week.

On social media, several conservatives such as Steve Bannon, Jenna Ellis and Charlie Kirk, spoke about Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and the possibility of her resigning.

"Ronna McDaniel should resign #RonnaMustGo," Ellis wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Similarly, Kirk shared a video of Bannon calling for McDaniel's resignation, and in another post, he spoke about the 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy taking over for the RNC.

"I know Vivek is running for POTUS, but he would make a great RNC Chair. He's young. He understands data. He's as fed up with the party as the rest of us. He could raise a ton of cash. He's innovative and has not alienated the base," Kirk wrote. "Vivek for RNC Chair."

Newsweek reached out to the RNC press office via email for comment.

On Tuesday, Republicans saw election losses in both Ohio and Virginia. In Virginia, Democrats flipped the state's House of Delegates, taking majority control, despite Governor Glenn Youngkin predicting that Republicans would hold control of the House.

"The forces that led to the Democrats' victory almost certainly had to do more with national political trends—especially the huge headwind for the GOP that is still the abortion decision—than anything about Youngkin himself," Political Science Professor at the University College London, U.K., Thomas Gift previously told Newsweek.

In Ohio, residents voted in favor of a proposed amendment that allows individuals a right "to one's own reproductive medical treatment including but not limited to abortion," dealing a blow to Republicans who have sought to limit abortion.

"Ohio might serve as a model for swing state Democrats looking to juice up turnout. Abortion on the ballot is a net plus for Democrats," Brandon Rottinghaus, a professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Houston told Newsweek.

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene responded to the loss in Ohio in a post on X saying "Republicans are losing Republican voters because the base is fed up with weak Republicans who never do anything to actually stop the communist democrats."

"The Republican Party is tone deaf and weak...Republican voters are energized and can not wait to vote for President Trump because he is addressing every issue I just named and they trust him to fix these insane problems we have and the American people believe he is the only one that will actually do it," Greene added in her post.

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance also issued a response on X saying "For pro lifers, last night was a gut punch. No sugar coating it."

"We have to recognize how much voters mistrust us (meaning elected Republicans) on this issue. Having an unplanned pregnancy is scary. Best case, you're looking at social scorn and thousands of dollars of unexpected medical bills. We need people to see us as the pro-life party, not just the anti-abortion party," Vance said.