The Republican National Committee (RNC) voted Friday to make Michael Whatley its new chair and Lara Trump, former president Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, its new co-chair.

, who held the position for the last seven years, before she resigned after being at odds with Trump and his campaign.

Whatley and Lara Trump were both endorsed by Trump back in February, after McDaniel announced she was stepping down. Whatley — who has publicly promoted Trump’s false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election — is “committed to election integrity,” while he said his daughter-in-law is “dedicated to all that MAGA stands for.”

❓Who is Michael Whatley?

Whatley is a North Carolina native who has served as chairman of the North Carolina GOP since 2019. He has also served as the RNC’s general counsel since last year.

Whatley has decades of experience in GOP politics, having previously served as a senior official in the George W. Bush administration, as chief of staff to former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole and as a senior advisor to the Bush-Cheney and Trump-Pence campaigns.

He is a Trump ally and has publicly endorsed the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. in November 2020 that “massive fraud” took place in Democratic cities like Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia. that Republican poll observers were prevented from accessing polling places.

After Whatley was announced as the new RNC chair on Friday, he doubled-down on the issue of election integrity and that the RNC “will be focused like a laser on getting out the vote and protecting the ballot.”

Whatley later added, “If our voters don’t have confidence that our elections are safe and secure, nothing else matters. We will work relentlessly in every state to ensure that it is easy to vote and hard to cheat.”

👩🏼‍💼Who is Lara Trump?

The wife of Trump’s middle son, Eric, is having actively campaigned for her father-in-law’s 2016 presidential campaign. Then, during Trump’s 2020 presidential run, she served as a senior adviser for his campaign and rallied women voters.

Lara Trump has previously worked in the media as a producer for Inside Edition and as a contributor for Fox News.

In her new role as co-chair of the RNC, her major focus will be on fundraising efforts.

“We have one goal. The goal on November 5th is to win. And as my father in law says: Big League,” on Friday. “We are going to make sure that every single penny of every dollar raised goes towards one goal, which is winning,” she added.

What’s next?

Chris LaCivita, who is a top advisor to Trump’s campaign, was also voted in Friday to serve as the functional head of the RNC. Now that the RNC has voted in Trump’s handpicked leadership team, is whether the RNC will assume responsibility for Trump’s mounting legal bills, .

Last month Lara Trump created a stir when she said that Republicans have a “big interest” in paying her father-in-law’s legal bills and didn’t rule out using RNC funds.

LaCivita quelled those speculations, telling the Associated Press, “The fact of the matter is not a penny of the RNC’s money or, for that matter, the campaign’s money has gone or will go to pay legal fees.”

Trump’s legal bills are mostly being taken care of by Save America, Trump’s affiliated political action committee, .