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Apologetic Dave Agema won't step down, says he's drawn voters to GOP
Source: MLive
Apologetic Dave Agema won't step down, says he's drawn voters to GOP
By Jonathan Oosting
on January 24, 2014 at 7:02 PM, updated January 24, 2014 at 7:26 PM
LANSING, MI -- Michigan Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema, asked to step down by a growing number of prominent party members, offered a public apology on Friday but made made clear that he has no plans to resign.
Agema, a former state representative from Grandville, has come under fire in recent months for a series of controversial anti-gay and anti-Muslim statements on Facebook, talk radio and a Berrien County Republican Party holiday dinner.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Michigan GOP Chairman Bobby Schostak, citing "the good of the party" called on Agema to resign on Friday, joining West Michigan businesswoman Betsy DeVos and other prominent Republicans.
Agema released a statement of his own later in the evening, vowing to work with "people of all faiths that uphold American values" and suggesting that he could have handled himself better when discussing his opposition to same-sex marriage.
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By Jonathan Oosting
on January 24, 2014 at 7:02 PM, updated January 24, 2014 at 7:26 PM
LANSING, MI -- Michigan Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema, asked to step down by a growing number of prominent party members, offered a public apology on Friday but made made clear that he has no plans to resign.
Agema, a former state representative from Grandville, has come under fire in recent months for a series of controversial anti-gay and anti-Muslim statements on Facebook, talk radio and a Berrien County Republican Party holiday dinner.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Michigan GOP Chairman Bobby Schostak, citing "the good of the party" called on Agema to resign on Friday, joining West Michigan businesswoman Betsy DeVos and other prominent Republicans.
Agema released a statement of his own later in the evening, vowing to work with "people of all faiths that uphold American values" and suggesting that he could have handled himself better when discussing his opposition to same-sex marriage.
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Read more: http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/apologetic_dave_agema_wont_ste.html
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