U.S. NGO: Evangelical 'hate group' funding Republican National Committee trip to Israel
Evangelical political operative planned 9-day freebie trip for national committee members, on behalf of the conservative Christian AFA group which blasts Muslims, gays. SPLC rights group staffer: Our issue is not with the trip, but with the 'heinous beliefs' of those sponsoring it.
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen | Jan. 27, 2015 | 2:27 PM
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RNC chairman Reince Priebus sent out the invitation for the trip – whose expenses from New York to Israel are entirely covered – to all 168 RNC members in November. More than one-third accepted, and they will be joined by about three dozen other guests, said David Lane, the man behind the initiative.
“Our issue is not with these folks going to Israel, which is an important ally and important for international policy,” said Heidi Beirich, director of the Intelligence Project of the SPLC. “Our issue is that one of our mainstream political parties and a group with these heinous beliefs is sponsoring it.”
“I’m shocked that Priebus would arrange something like this with the AFA,” she added. “We are greatly concerned that members of the RNC would lend their good offices to a group like AFA. It’s time for this kind of hate to be condemned, not sanctioned.”
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