Conservative Charlie Sykes quipped that he expected nepotism to extend beyond the Republican National Committee and to the office of the vice president.
Chatting on MSNBC Tuesday, the panel of Dr. Jason Johnson, Ph.D., and Sykes weren't shocked to see Trump talk about appointing daughter-in-law Lara Trump to be the R.N.C. chair.
"Look, I've said this for years," Johnson began. "I'll repeat this: You don't have a Republican Party anymore. It's a terrorist organization called MAGA. This is part of it. When you have someone who is not an elected official, who was voted out of office, who is basically taking the entire infrastructure of what used to be a party and turned it into his own sort of family affair, you don't really have a functional party anymore."
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He explained that now, and in 2020, the GOP didn't have a party platform other than to support Donald Trump.
That's when Sykes asked where the nepotism ends.
"It is not surprising that he is reaching out to family members. I've speculated half-seriously if Donald Trump had his way for a selection of V.P. nominees, he would choose a member of his own family, choose Ivanka, or Don Jr., because he wants this to be a family business," Sykes said. "He wants this to be a dynasty."
Johnson agreed: "That's probably what he'll end up doing. Eric Trump is not that busy. Jared's not that busy. They're not selling state secrets. It's highly likely Trump will pick somebody he likes. Automatic if that is ultimately dangerous."
One of the biggest problems that the Republican Party faces is that if the RNC becomes an extension of Trump, it could end up hurting other GOP candidates who depend on funds and operations for their own races, Johnson said. It could ultimately be a gift to Democrats.
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