Senator Mitt Romney’s niece, Ronna Romney McDaniel, is currently the leader of the Republican National Committee. A Republican insider has told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins that McDaniel must immediately declare her uncle a ‘persona non grata’ or her uncle will face censure and she possibly ouster from her position.

This is how cults behave. Many cults maintain the practice of ‘shunning’ members who criticize their movement’s leader.