While there are plenty of reasons a billionaire businessman like Peter Thiel would want to establish a presence in Washington, D.C., the fact that he’s a homosexual 'married' to a man and is increasingly exerting influence in Republican politics as well as among conservative academics and influencers is reason for alarm.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins called on Ronna McDaniel to resign as chairwoman of the GOP over her decision to start a “Pride Coalition.
The incident brings to the foreground long-simmering divisions between the Republican Party’s national leaders and the grassroots voters that sustain it.