CNN’s Jim Acosta first reported the potential leadership changes Tuesday morning, citing three GOP sources, “including close advisers to the president.” Acosta added that Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle, his girlfriend, “are unhappy with RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who they view as not having done enough to win a close race,” and are “themselves taking over or somebody close to them taking over.”
Trump Jr. spokesman Andrew Surabian told the Daily Caller bluntly, “Lol. CNN wrong again,” when asked about Acosta’s report.
Trump Jr. also denied Acosta’s reporting in a quote tweet, writing that he has “zero interest in a role at the RNC.”
“Fake news as usual,” he stated. “If anyone believes that I want to sit in an office in DC and make fundraising calls for 18 hours a day they clearly have never met me. (RELATED: Breaking Down Kimberly Guilfoyle’s RNC Speech — What Was She R