Chairwoman of the RNC faces call for Resignation over support for LGBT+ Republicans Group

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The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel faced a call for her resignation from an Oklahoma-based party chair this week after issuing a message of support for the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of LGBT+ Republicans who support the right to marriage for gay and lesbian Americans. Point to be noted that she issued the controversial statement while attending a gala hosted by the group at the beginning of November. She expressed her support for the group and marked the larger fabric of the GOP. McDaniel said, “Conservatives in Log Cabin don’t just share our vision for a free, secure, and prosperous America. They enrich it by adding unique perspectives to our party and recruiting even more diverse candidates and supporters to join our cause”.

The call for her resignation came even as Ronna McDaniel clarified in a statement that the party still opposed same-sex marriage. Her statement proved that any support of LGBT+ causes remains a critical and sensitive issue for most conservative members of the party. The Daily Beast first reported the news and explained that it was issued by Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman John Bennett in a lengthy fundraising email to state Republican voters on Tuesday. Bennett wrote in the email that the chairwoman must resign if she can’t or will not stand for who we say we are. He wrote, “The OKGOP will not cooperate with this decision and, as your Chairman, I assure the Oklahoma Republican Party that I will continue to stand up for our Republican Party Values and our principles”.

Bennett also claimed that the LGBT+ rights movement is incompatible with the GOP’s support for freedom of religion. He also went on to cite the supposed “Judeo-Christian Founding” of the United States. Bennett is a longtime GOP firebrand and endorsed a primary challenge to one of the state’s GOP senators, James Lankford after Lankford withdrew his initial support for the objections to the certification of the 2020 election spurred by Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election. A spokesperson for the RNC Danielle Alvarez, issued a fiery statement about Bennett’s email, calling it “disgusting” and alleging him of “lying” about what McDaniel said at the event in order to raise money. Alvarez said, “Chairman McDaniel has made it abundantly clear that this doesn’t mean we are advocating for any policy or RNC platform change. Chairman Bennett is lying and it is disgusting that he’d attempt to raise money off these falsehoods”.