Sabatini does not receive enough support for Ronna McDaniel no-confidence vote

By Lydia Nusbaum

Published Jan. 20, 2023, 12:40 p.m. ET | Updated Jan. 20, 2023

The Republican Party symbol.

SARASOTA (FLV) – Lake County Republican Party Chair Anthony Sabatini did not have enough support for Republican Party of Florida executive committee members to formally cast a “no-confidence” vote regarding Ronna McDaniel as RNC Chair.

Sabatini, who recently became chair of the Lake County Republican Party, garnered enough support for Chair Joe Gruters to call a special meeting in Sarasota.

McDaniel has faced criticism for the 2022 election cycle resulting in “extremely unimpressive election results for the GOP in the last 3 election cycles.”

However, only 71 members of the Republican Party of Florida met Friday so members could not formally vote to oppose McDaniel.

BREAKING: 71 members of the Republican Party of FL met today to vote NO-CONFIDENCE on Ronna McDaniel

Although the some in party leadership worked hard to suppress turnout & avoid a quorum, the group STILL met to vote

Vote Result: a SUPER MAJORITY of the 71 voted to FIRE RONNA!
— Anthony Sabatini (@AnthonySabatini) January 20, 2023

In December, Sabatini had 30 members of the executive committee sign onto his petition against McDaniel to require the chairman call a special meeting. Some of the signees included U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and Evan Power. Sabatini believes Harmeet Dhillon should serve as the RNC chair.