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{"source_url": "https://www.wgmd.com", "url": "https://www.wgmd.com/delaware-gop-chairs-under-fire-for-homophobic-anti-semitic-language/", "title": "Delaware GOP chairs under fire for homophobic, anti-Semitic language", "top_image": "https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WGMD-TheTalkOfDelmarvaLogo-1400x420-3.png", "meta_img": "https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WGMD-TheTalkOfDelmarvaLogo-1400x420-3.png", "images": ["https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WGMD-TheTalkOfDelmarvaLogo-No-Gradiant-1400x420-e1460840553415-1.png", "https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WGMD-TheTalkOfDelmarvaLogo-1400x420-3.png", "https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fsdfsdsd-1024x518.jpg"], "movies": [], "text": "Left to Right: New Castle County GOP Chair, Chris Rowe; Sussex County GOP Vice Chair Nelly Jordan\n\nThe New Castle County Republican Party Chair and the Vice Chair of the Sussex County Republican Party have come under fire for homophobic, anti-Semitic language used on social media.\n\nNew Castle County Republican Chair Chris Rowe has come under fire after he used homophobic language on Facebook, describing what he said as \u201clocker room talk\u201d and saying it wasn\u2019t meant to disparage homosexuals.\n\nRowe, a longtime political figure in New Castle and now county Chair of the Republican Party, used the word \u201cfaggot\u201d in a comment on Facebook where he was dismayed that the social media site removed a video he was trying to post.\n\n\u201cIt was locker room talk between longtime male friends,\u201d Rowe told WGMD\u2019s Rob Petree.\n\nIn an interview with WGMD\u2019s Rob Petree, Rowe explains\u2026\n\n\u201cIt was a word of impact and in no way disparaged anyone, any individual who is gay, or the gay community,\u201d Rowe continued. \u201cIt was just an impact word used because I was p-o\u2019ed (pissed off) at Facebook for taking down the video I was posting.\u201d\n\nFollowing the interview Rowe, the GOP of New Castle County posted the following statement to its Facebook page:\n\nTo the People of Delaware and my fellow Republicans,Here we are now in 2020 where we know the English language and yet\u2026 Posted by The GOP of New Castle County on Wednesday, January 1, 2020\n\nSussex County Republican Party Vice Chair Nelly Jordan is being criticized for her use of what many consider anti-Semitic language in a Facebook post.\n\nOn December 10th, 2019, Jordan posted a lengthy post to Facebook where she singled out Jewish people, saying \u201cthese jews have been enrolled to come and testify.\u201d\n\nJordan went on to equate the Jewish faith to \u201cleft socialist believers\u201d and then said \u201cGod please have mercy on them, some of the Jewish people are doing today as it was in the Old Testament; go against God\u2019s will even after he had mercy on them.\u201d\n\nWGMD\u2019s Rob Petree spoke with Jordan who said she had no comment and then hung up the phone.\n\nSeveral Republican State lawmakers have taken to social media to condemn the language used by both regional representatives of the state\u2019s Republican Party, including State Senator Anthony Delcollo who strongly denounced the remarks.\n\nTo my grave alarm and deep sadness, it has come to my attention that two individuals with positions of leadership in the\u2026 Posted by Anthony Delcollo for Delaware on Tuesday, December 31, 2019\n\n\u201cTo my grave alarm and deep sadness, it has come to my attention that two individuals with positions of leadership in the Delaware GOP have used language that I can only describe as vile and bigoted,\u201d Delcollo stated. \u201cI have spent much of my life fighting against racism, discrimination, and bigotry in all of its forms. Consistent with my firm rejection of such behavior and viewpoints and my desire that such hatred be eradicated, I post this to make one point crystal clear: we should all reject and denounce, unequivocally and in the strongest possible terms, the always odious use of bigoted words and the hatred that such conduct encourages.\u201d\n\nWGMD News has reached out to Delaware Republican Party Chairwoman Jane Brady who has yet to respond to a request for comment.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": null, "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WGMD-TheTalkOfDelmarvaLogo-1400x420-3.png", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0", "generator": "Powered by Slider Revolution 6.1.5 - responsive, Mobile-Friendly Slider Plugin for WordPress with comfortable drag and drop interface.", "msapplication-TileImage": "https://www.wgmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-Square-Logo-512x512-1-270x270.png"}, "canonical_link": "https://www.wgmd.com/delaware-gop-chairs-under-fire-for-homophobic-anti-semitic-language/"} |
