RedState Briefing 09/29/2014

National Republican Senatorial Committee Accuses Family Research Council of Putting Money Ahead of Values

Floyd Corkins walked into the Family Research Council’s (“FRC”) offices with a loaded gun and fifteen Chick-Fil-A sandwiches. Corkins intended to commit mass murder and smear the faces of his victims with the sandwiches. FRC had been listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of FRC’s opposition to the gay rights agenda. Corkins intended to murder those people because of it. They did not change their position in the face of Corkins’ bullets. Now they are getting attacked from the other side. Brad Dayspring, Communications Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has taken to Twitter to accuse the Family Research Council of putting money ahead of its values.

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