Likely frontrunner for RNC chair parroted Trump’s election lies after 2020 and has suggested Jan 6. rioters weren’t “Republican voters” | CNN Politics

Michael Whatley , the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party , is one of two candidates Trump and his allies are supporting to take over the RNC .

Whatley is the general counsel at the RNC overseeing litigation and what the organization calls its “election integrity” efforts.

He has since acknowledged Joe Biden is the country’s legitimate president.

Trump 's allies are pushing to replace the current chair of the RNC with Whatley .

Whatley served on the Bush recount team during the legal disputes between George W. Bush and Al Gore in Florida .

Condemned January 6th riot, but suggested not done by “ Republican voters” in what happened.

In another interview in February 2021 , Whatley acknowledged Biden as “legitimately” elected President of the United States .