Welcome to the weekend! So far it’s looking to be a beautiful day.
Vote! The Stonewall Democrats are selecting 10 candidates to support in November.
We generated a list of 30 pro-equality federal candidates deserving of our support (those are their smiling faces above and below). Of course, there are way more than 30 qualified candidates running for Congress, but this final 30 stood out, and are running in races where we know we can make a difference.
Now it’s time to narrow the field so we can focus our efforts on the candidates our community supports the most. Voting will be open until midnight on June 18th. You’ve got ten votes, so use them wisely!
Delaware’s Chris Coons is one of the choices.
In South Carolina, Rep. Jake Knotts, of “f%cking raghead” fame, has been censured by the Lexington County Republican Party. His reaction shows the divisions are really opening up in the Republican Party.
South Carolina state Sen. Jake Knotts (R) has been officially rebuked by his county Republican Party for referring to a GOP gubernatorial candidate as a “raghead.”
The State reported the motion passed by the Lexington County Republicans also asked Knotts to resign, but he refused Thursday night.
Knotts used the term on an Internet radio show last week to describe state Rep. Nikki Haley, the front-runner in the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary. Her parents are Indian immigrants.
“This is not a Republican Party, this is a libertarian party,” Knotts said. “This is nothing but politics. I’m not resigning. I could care less.”
It looks like the division between the social conservatives and the libertarian conservatives is starting to open up. Religious conservatives must be feeling ignored. Will it be enough to keep them home in November?