[Betsy] DeVos, former state GOP chair, told Detroit News columnist Nolan Finley that Agema should resign his position as national Republican Party Committeeman after his latest round of inflammatory remarks about gays and Muslims.
Her rebuke of Republican Party leadership for failure to condemn “intolerance and insensitivity” included the veiled threat of financial reprisals if Agema is not removed from his post somehow.
“The expectation of leaders in a party is to stand up in situations like this,” she told the News. “Failing to do so will have consequences.”http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/betsy_devos_dave_agema.html#incart_2box
I have one question: after years of demonizing George Soros and Michael Bloomberg for the way they use their personal fortunes to control the platforms and policies of the Democratic Party, how does Betsy DeVos's threat to pull her substantial funding from the Republican Party unless they remove committeeman Dave Agema from his position differ one iota?
Dave Agema, current Republican Party committeman from Michigan, has made public statements recently regarding homosexuality, as well as continuing to publicly raise the alarm regarding increasing encroachments of Islam on our society - statements that the media and DeVos found to be objectionable.
However, the GOP have not taken steps to remove Agema from his position - an indicator that more than a few are in accord with his statements.
Enter Betsy DeVos, former chairperson of the Michigan State GOP.
Armed with her personal fortune, the Amway heiress has decided to force the GOP to bow to her will - and remove Agema from party leadership.
How?
By taking her considerable funding away from them.
I guess she has finally taken the lessons learned from the two arch enemies of the GOP, Soros and Bloomberg, to heart.
So once again I ask, in what way is she any different?
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