Capital Stonewall Democrats clarifies ‘no endorsement’ of Pinto
The president of the Capital Stonewall Democrats, D.C.’s largest local LGBTQ political group, expressed regret that he did not clarify in an announcement earlier this week that the organization chose to postpone deciding whether to endorse D.C.
Council member Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) in the city’s June 4 primary election because she is running unopposed in the primary. “I misspoke, and I take responsibility for that,” Michael Haresign, the group’s president, told the Washington Blade on Thursday.
Haresign said that he regrets that he did not inform the Blade in a May 21 interview at a post endorsement party the group held that Pinto’s name was not on the endorsement ballot the group sent to its members earlier this month to vote on the endorsements.
Based on a press release issued by the group on May 21, the Blade reported that Capital Stonewall Democrats announced it had endorsed just four candidates appearing on D.C.’s June 4 primary ballot – President Joe Biden, D.C.
