he knows that it s causing people to turn away from the republicans, but you know, he just doesn t have a backbone to stand up to them. i mean, there are forces on the right who make their living demonizing gay people, and chairman priebus doesn t have the backbone to stand up to them. you know, here s the thing, too many in leadership in the republican party have counted on a small sliver of voters as their count-on voters every election. and they re so afraid of giving up those people that they don t realize how many multitudes of others they re turning off by kowtowing to them. jimmy lasalvia, founder of go proud. thank you very much for joining us tonight, jimmy. and enjoy your new political independence. i love the freedom, thank you.
anti-gay bigoted direction. well, honestly, i think chairman priebus intellectually knows that bigotry in the party is december trimtal to winning elections. he knows that it s causing people to turn away from the republicans, but you know, he just doesn t have a backbone to stand up to them. i mean, there are forces on the right who make their living demonizing gay people, and chairman priebus doesn t have the backbone to stand up to them. you know, here s the thing, too many in leadership in the republican party have counted on a small sliver of voters asaire count-on voters every election. and they re so afraid of giving up those people that they don t realize how many multitudes of others they re turning off by
republican party just doesn t represent my principles and values. and i m not alone. 42% of the americans identify as independents and now i m one of them. i m in the new majority of people who don t feel represented by either party. and, you know, i still care about our country and i want to work with that 42% to make our country better. and i just happened to do it as a republican. you ve been in real political strategy discussions. what do you think is the calculation in allow, if not steering his party in this anti-gay bigoted direction. well, honestly, i think chairman priebus intellectually knows that bigotry in the party is detrimental to winning elections.
his daughter s fight for her life. stand by. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thanks for joining us tonight on cnn. here are tonight s big stories and what we re working on for tomorrow. the senate homestand security committee is going to hear a hearing on the secret service prostitution scandal. agency director mark sullivan will testify at the hearing on may 23rd. the scandal erupted last month just before president obama s trip to colombia. so far nine secret service employees have lost their jobs. yahoo! ceo scott thompson padded his resume and now he is out of a job. thompson s official bio stated he held two degrees in accounting and computer science, but it turns out his only degree is in accounting. he the only ceo he s held the job since january. yahoo! says its media chief will be named the company s new ceo. the $2 billion trading loss at jpmorgan is reportedly going to cost the top company executive her job, and it s renewing talk about how to prevent ano
hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us tonight on cnn. here are some of tonight s big stories and what we re working on for tomorrow. the senate homeland security committee is going to hear a hearing on the secret service prostitution scandal. agency director mark sullivan will testify at the hearing on may 23rd. the scandal erupted last month just before president obama s trip to colombia. so far, nine secret service employees have lost their jobs. yahoo! s ceo scott thompson padded his resume and now he is out of a job. thompson s official bio stated that he held two degrees in accounting and computer science, but it turns out his only degree is in accounting. he the only ceo he s held the job since january. yahoo! says its media chief ross levinsohn, will be named the company s new ceo. the $2 billion trading loss at jpmorgan is reportedly going to cost the top company executive her job, and it s renewing talk about how to prevent another wall str