“Two people familiar with Reed’s move say it has been in the works for around a year,” Politico reported. “They said he accepted his new job with Cornerstone, a government relations and public affairs firm, last fall but chose to remain at the RNC through the committee’s winter meeting last week in Las Vegas.
“But the move also comes amid growing speculation that former President Donald Trump, the strong frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination, will push for a shakeup in leadership at the committee,” the report added. “And Reed himself acknowledged that timing element in his note to staffers.”
“I know the timing of this news comes as many rumors in the press swirl and we prepare to merge with the presumptive nominee. I assure you, the RNC is in an incredibly strong position,” Reed wrote.
The Politico report also noted that Donald Trump had recently met with Ronna McDaniel.
“Trump met with RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, one day after he said in a Fox News interview he expected there would be ‘changes’ at the RNC,” Politico noted. “After his meeting with McDaniel, the former president wrote a post on Truth Social