Romney Campaign Misled Reporters On Timeline And Involvement Of Gay Spokesperson

When Richard Grenell resigned, the Romney campaign said he hadn’t started yet, which was not true. And he was asked to stay silent on an important conference call that he organized.

As Andrew Sullivan reported last night and the New York Times later confirmed, Grenell helped organize a Romney campaign conference call to pre-empt Vice President Joe Biden’s foreign policy speech last week. Sullivan reported that after Grenell’s voice was not heard on the April 26 call, which he’d helped set up, people started to ask questions:

And the New York Times reported:

It turned out [Grenell] was at home in Los Angeles, listening in, but stone silent and seething. A few minutes earlier, a senior Romney aide had delivered an unexpected directive, according to several people involved in the call.

“Ric,” said Alex Wong, a policy aide, “the campaign has requested that you not speak on this call.” Mr. Wong added, “It’s best to lay low for now.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.