Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 22:28:15 GMT -6
The S.C. Republican Party is changing, growing more inclusive, says Greenville attorney Jason Elliott.
Elliott says he knows first hand.
Next January, Elliott will become South Carolina’s first openly gay lawmaker, representing a portion of Greenville in the S.C. House that includes conservative Bob Jones University.
“You hear that we’re a big tent,” Elliott, a former aide to then-U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, said of the GOP. “Well, we demonstrated that.”
In the June 14 GOP primary, Elliott unseated sitting state Rep. Wendy Nanney, best known as the author of the state’s new law restricting abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Elliott beat the Bob Jones graduate in a 16-percentage-point landslide.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/25/sc-gop-changing-says-states-first-openly-gay-legislator/86375764/
Elliott says he knows first hand.
Next January, Elliott will become South Carolina’s first openly gay lawmaker, representing a portion of Greenville in the S.C. House that includes conservative Bob Jones University.
“You hear that we’re a big tent,” Elliott, a former aide to then-U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, said of the GOP. “Well, we demonstrated that.”
In the June 14 GOP primary, Elliott unseated sitting state Rep. Wendy Nanney, best known as the author of the state’s new law restricting abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Elliott beat the Bob Jones graduate in a 16-percentage-point landslide.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/25/sc-gop-changing-says-states-first-openly-gay-legislator/86375764/