'Whatley, who is the new leader of the RNC, said the organization is “in the business of winning campaigns,” emphasizing that “everything that we do for the next 32 weeks is going to be focused on electing Donald Trump as president, flipping the Senate, and expanding our majority in the House.”

Differentiating the “new” RNC from the “old,” Whatley said it comes down to focus, as Trump is the presumptive nominee.

“I am coming in, obviously, with the president’s team. He is now our candidate. He’s now our nominee, and that changes our operations here. We are merging our political shop, our communications shop, all of our teams with the president’s campaign, and we are going to be making sure that we have one unified operation around the country with that,” he said, adding that he has a good relationship with those running the congressional and Senate committees, adding that they are ensuring that they are focused “solely on winning elections this fall.”

“We are focused all day, every day, for the next 32 weeks on winning this election,” he said,'

And I’m lesser focused on being a Republican still