Former President Donald Trump's newly installed Republican National Committee leadership initiated what is being described as a staffing "bloodbath" this week that saw as many as 60 staffers axed from their posts.
It came soon after the national party's reins were relinquished by former head Ronna McDaniel and given to chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of the former president.
The moves had at least one former GOP lawmaker predicting that the move would backfire on Republicans.
"The RNC, in deciding to become Trump's toilet and slush fund, is going to do real damage to down ballot races," reads a tweet posted by former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). "They deserve it for capitulating. How far they have fallen."
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Kinzinger wasn't alone in believing that the GOP would be hurt by the move to oust longtime staffers and replace them with Trump loyalists.
"This could cost the Republicans the House," tweeted progressive commentator Lindsay Beyerstein. "The RNC is supposed to help down-ballot candidates but Lara Trump has signaled that she'll spend every dime on DJT's legal bills. Which is spooking big donors."
Former GOP operative Rick Wilson took a shot at the 45th president as being directly responsible for the firings.
"The cuts at the Trump National Committee are teaching staffers the lesson that everything Trump touches dies," he wrote in a tweet.
But the tenor wasn't all doom and gloom, as some MAGA pundits celebrated the news.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk embraced the layoff as long overdue to root out the swampy sleeper cells.
"Bloodbath at the RNC is underway," he posted. "60+ firings just today. This is excellent. The anti-Trump sleeper cells all have to go.
The RNC is getting ready to win."
