The Republican Party’s decision to wave the “white flag” on same-sex marriage has left evangelicals fuming, according to a new report from Politico.
After Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel posted a tweet in support of LGBTQ rights this year, social conservatives “furiously dialed up McDaniel with complaints.” “Tony Perkins, leader of the Family Research Council, lambasted her in a scathing blog post and even encouraged people not to donate to the RNC.
But the attacks, particularly from the evangelical right, were met with a shrug by the party,” Politico reports. GOP leaders’ willingness to brush off criticism from Perkins and other social conservatives — a key part of the their base — reflects the party’s “evolution” on the