DeVos Asks Agema to Step Down From RNC Due to Anti-Gay Comments

It’s the controversy that republicans are discussing across West Michigan.

The former Chair of the Michigan Republican Party, Betsy DeVos, calling on fellow West Michigan Republican Dave Agema to step down from the Republican National Committee due to some of the comments he’s made about homosexuals and Muslims.

Agema was a state representative from 2007 through 2012. He was elected as the National Committeeman from Michigan in May 2012.

Political experts like Don Zinman of Grand Valley State University say it’s a matter of image.

“It’s certainly embarrassing,” said Zinman, associate professor of political science. “Certainly there’s no question that the Republican Party wants to present a more tolerant posture as it concerns their relationship with LGBT Americans and immigrants and younger voters.”



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