New RNC hires are asked if they believe the 2020 election was stolen: Lara Trump and new leadership team's recruitment policy is revealed after Ronna McDaniel's spectacular ouster

New leadership at the Republican National Committee is asking prospective employees where they stand on the results of the 2020 presidential election as a prerequisite to their hiring, multiple reports confirm.

During interviews for a job with the RNC, potential hires are being asked if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, people familiar with the process claim.

But even newly minted RNC co-chair Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, says it's time to move on from 2020.

'I think we're past that. I think that's in the past,' she told NBC News when asked whether the RNC's position will be that the 2020 election was not fair.

Additionally, the new RNC is looking at substantially hollowing out the headquarters in Washington, D.C. and employees might be expected to relocate to an office near Donald Trump 's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, The Washington Post reported.

Reports follow election of new leadership within the GOP after former Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel stepped down earlier this month following months of pressure from MAGA world to leave her post.

New RNC leadership is asking potential hires during their interview whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to multiple reports. Pictured: Michael Whatley (left) was elected new RNC Chairman earlier this month and Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara (right) was elected co-chair

It's not unusual for those at the RNC to mimic ideals pushed by the party's presidential candidate – but many claim their stance on Trump's insistence that there was fraud in 2020 has become a litmus test for their hiring

Longtime Trump ally and former North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley was elected to replace McDaniel. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was elected as RNC co-chair.

It's not unusual for a party to mix with the campaign of the presidential nominee, but with four months left until the Republican convention it struck many as premature to put in place an entirely MAGA team at the spring meeting in Texas earlier in March.

The RNC did not immediately respond to a request from DailyMail.com on the reported litmus test.

RNC Spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez, however, sent a statement to other outlets when asked about the reports saying: 'Candidates who worked on the front line in battleground states or are currently in states where fraud allegations have been prevalent were asked about their work experience.'

'We want experienced staff with meaningful views on how elections are won and lost and real experience-based opinions about what happens in the trenches,' Alvarez said.

Some prospective employees recalled questions they were asked in their interview to join the RNC.

'Was the 2020 election stolen?' was one question an individual recalled being asked in an interview where two Trump advisers were present.

One former RNC employee said while the question was open ended, it was clear what they wanted to hear.

'[I]f you say the election wasn't stolen, do you really think you're going to get hired?' they asked.

Longtime GOP strategist Doug Heye, who worked as communications director at the RNC, told the Post that the GOP has long expected staffers to back the positions of its presidential candidates.

'You're there for that specific reason – to back the candidate up and go along with the worldview,' he said.

'The problem with Trumpism is that despite bringing in very smart and very capable people, if you want to play Trump's game, you have to back him up on everything he says,' Heye recognized. 'Claims about the election being stolen is kind of the last frontier of that.'

McDaniel, after leaving the RNC, joined NBC News as a contributor, it was announced last week. But after just one appearance on the network in an interview with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker, McDaniel was dropped.

'I] you say the election wasn't stolen, do you really think you're going to get hired?' one former RNC employee posed

Former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel stepped down from her position after pressure from Trump world. She soft-launched her new NBC News contributor gig with an appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday morning with Kristen Welker but days later was drooped from the new gig

On Sunday, McDaniel and Welker got into a heated discussion over the former RNC chair's previous stances pushing claims the 2020 election was stolen and saying that January 6 prisoners should be freed. McDaniel said she had to 'take one for the team' as the voice of the GOP, but cleared up she does think President Joe Biden did legitimately win in 2020 despite 'problems.'

Welker pushed McDaniel on her flip-flopping and after the interview fellow NBC host Chuck Todd said she was spewing whatever stance was taken by the people paying her.

McDaniel's ouster came after a slew of on-air protests from longtime hosts who objected to McDaniel's hiring at the left-leaning network because they didn't like that she had pushed Trump's claims the 2020 election was stolen.

Among those who spoke out publicly against their NBC bosses for hiring McDaniels included Chuck Todd, who said executives owe Welker an 'apology' for having her soft-launch the new gig on her show.

Others who spoke out were Rachel Maddow, Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Jen Psaki, who also came from the partisan world when she was hired directly off her job as President Joe Biden's press secretary.