Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley credited President Donald Trump with bringing new voters to the party, telling Newsmax on Tuesday that the key now is converting those Trump voters to Republican voters for the 2026 midterms and beyond.

“I think the key is we want to grow this party. … What Donald Trump did over the course of this election was really, truly, bring new voters to the fold,” Whatley said on “The Chris Salcedo Show.” “But we need those voters to sign on to a basic list of what we support as Republicans.

“If we have folks that want to come in and sabotage the party rather than sign on to [Trump’s] agenda, we don’t need them in the party. But we do want to grow it,” Whatley added.

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