Delaware’s Gay GOP’er Dumps Trump Job
Gay Republicans. I don’t get you. You know they hate you, right?
Anyway… There is this. John Fluharty was offered considered for a job in the Department of Homeland Security. He declined the offer. removed himself from consideration.
A candidate for a senior position at the Department of Homeland Security withdrew from consideration on Wednesday, citing President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military.
John Fluharty, a former executive director of the Delaware Republican party, informed a DHS official in an email Wednesday morning that he was pulling out of contention to be the assistant secretary of partnership and engagement at the department.
“As I mentioned in our conversation, I am a strong advocate for diversity, both in the Republican Party and in government,” Fluharty wrote in an email obtained by POLITICO. “The President’s announcement this morning — that he will ban all of those who identify as transgender from military service — runs counter to my deeply held beliefs, and it would be impossible for me to commit to serving the Administration knowing that I would be working against those values.”
Fluharty, who is openly gay, said he interviewed for the job on Tuesday, one day before Trump’s surprise tweet that the government “will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity” in the U.S. military.
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I’ve talked to Fluharty a couple of times, but don’t know him well. I’m pleased that he took this stand on principle.
However, the fact that Fluharty interviewed for an assistant secretary position in a cabinet-level departments speaks volumes about the difficulty Trump is having finding anyone to fill high-level positions.
Here’s a guy whose biggest success as a state party chair was finding someone who could defeat an inept campaigner who barely won a primary over an ethically-challenged opponent for a state office that wields minimal influence.
I will not be surprised if we read a couple weeks from now that Team Trump offers a high-level job to some lowlife pol from Sussex County.
Great point. They are beating the bushes.
He does realize that is still working for an organization that is working against those values, right?
How do Gay Republicans exist? Easy, just be gay and greedy and willing to subvert your very being to the background and never talk about who you are, your values or your concerns of said sub-group. You know, just like minorities and women. Because bringing it up would be identity politics and special rights. Identity politics in the GOP are strictly reserved for white christian straight men.
Fluherty was not the state chair of the Republican party, he was the executive director. Competent, too, which is nice to see in these times. Let’s keep the personal savagery out of here, please.
Fluherty’s preferences are his. That the GOP, as a organization, is hostile to people with his preferences and he doesn’t seem to mind it is his business. I’m just saying that I don’t get it.
If you read the article closely, he interviewed and was under consideration for the job. He was not actually offered the job or have it secured. Seems like he withdrew his name before any final decision was rendered if I read the article correctly. So he took a walk before a true offer was even made, or if an offer was even coming….
True. Fixed.
I know John from community volunteer work. He is a bright and good guy. I can’t understand his political positions but there are lots of things I don’t get. I do know that he would and has gotten up at 4 AM to help somebody even somebody he did not know that I get and respect.
“Because he’s a nice guy.” still doesn’t explain working for an organization that stands in opposition to your existence.
And being a sharp guy, he must be well aware of that fact.
The point slid right by you but hey let me say it again. I can respect people who hold beliefs diametrically opposed to mine if the person is a decent human being and not judge. John is an exceedingly decent guy and I don’t judge, cheers
Nah, I got is the first time. He’s a decent guy, yippee.
Really has nothing to do with him working for an organization that is diametrically opposed to his existence.
Just like state workers and union members who are all anti-socialist or ‘conservative’ but are right their for their job protections and benefits. I don’t get them either.
I have a friend that is a rabid Trump supporter and Fox News fan. His daughter is Lesbian, married and has two kids. He’s all ‘super grandpa’ when it comes to his family yet still supports those that seek to undo his daughters family.
There is a disconnect and I don’t know how people do that. And suggesting he is a decent guy is still casting judgement. You have judged him decent. And good for you. And for him. I hope that decency shines through when it comes to liberty and equality for all discussions at the GOP meetings.
The reason is easy, SussexAnon. When you have two major political parties and they both suck, it’s hard to choose one.