Or so this WDEL “story” by Rob Petree would have us know.
As times change, so do political parties–as is the case for the Grand Old Party. Many Delawareans have considered the Republican party to be one of exclusivity, as evidenced in the elections. Delaware Republican Chairman Charlie Copeland wants voters to know his party is “no longer your father’s GOP.”
“In the Republican party, there is active diversity–whether it’s African Americans, Hispanics, White, whether it’s LGBTQ, I mean the whole gamut–and we have an active discussion about all of those issues, and I think it’s good for the party and I think it’s good for the country.”
Hey Rob, once you dutifully took down that statement as Copeland’s hired steneographer, did it occur to you to ask any follow up questions, like, oh I don’t know, do you and your party support the Donald Trump and his history of racism? Do you support continued discrimination against transgendered persons? Do you condemn North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory then and call on his government to repeal HB2? Do you disavow the national party’s platform, which has been noted to be rather hostile towards the LGBTQ community you now say you champion? Do you condemn your nominee’s continued refusal to publicly state that the President was born in this country?
And I could go on like this.