Posted on 10/27/2017 5:02:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The national GOP’s director of evangelical outreach is quitting, and lodging complaints about what he calls the party’s “tone deaf attitude” toward a crucial Republican voting bloc.
Chad Connelly, who served as the Republican National Committee’s director of faith engagement for the last four years, announced his resignation in an email circulated to close friends late Thursday. He complained that religious outreach has not been prioritized at the RNC under the leadership structure implemented by President Donald Trump’s White House.
“The treatment I received from the new political department has been disrespectful, antagonistic and unacceptable,” Connelly wrote in an email that was obtained by The Associated Press. He added, “GOP Faith in general and me in particular, just don’t have the priority I anticipated.”
The Republican National Committee rejected Connelly’s assertion and said his departure had more to do with concerns about his job performance. […]
Connelly previously served as the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He was an ally of former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, who tapped Connelly to serve as the RNC’s first-ever director of faith engagement in 2013. …
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That election is long over. He came in 4th in the primary.
That’s not a direct quote of Connelly, take note. That’s the AP’s spin.
Trump has been better at reaching out than anyone could have imagined.
He had no complaint when he went in the door, with that structure “Trump implemented”.
Religious boy is mad plainly at the RNC for not prioritizing religious outreach. He lays no personal axe directly toward Trump whatsoever.
Thanks, that means there was something wrong with this guy.
Stuff it, troll.
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