RNC Chairwoman apologizes to her own party for reaching out to LGBTQ voters

RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel speaking with attendees at the 2018 Young Women’s Leadership Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel has released an apology email to the group’s members following backlash after McDaniel championed an outreach program to queer voters.

Metro Weekly reports that McDaniel announced the launch of the RNC Pride Coalition earlier this month, an outreach initiative aimed at courting LGBTQ voters. Queer people generally lean Democratic with their politics following years of demonization by the Republican party. Go figure.

McDaniel’s announcement before a seminar hosted by Log Cabin Republicans–a group of gay GOP voters–infuriated fellow Republicans. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted the initiative on Twitter.

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“Using people for their identity is what the Democrats do, not Republicans,” Taylor Greene tweeted at McDaniel. “This actually hurts the Log Cabin Republicans by…

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