Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins today defended his group’s decision to ask donors give to individual candidates instead of to the Republican National Committee given recent problems there.
Speaking on MSNBC this afternoon, Perkins said the RNC — and its spending and the flap over a staffer expensing a trip to a bondage-themed nightclub — is “tone deaf” to social conservatives.
“The RNC is indifferent at best to the concerns of many social conservatives. The RNC does not reflect the values of the folks we represent across the country,” Perkins said.
Democrats have been challenging the National Republican Congressional Committee on an old visit Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) made to a burlesque club. I’ve called FRC to ask if they’ll also encourage their members not to donate to the NRCC given that incident. We’ll update if they get back to us.
