LGBT Political Group Yanks Endorsement for Uptown Councilman
(DNAINFO) Carolina Pichardo | August 18, 2017 — The Stonewall Democrats, one of the largest LGBTQ political groups in the city, has withdrawn its reelection support for Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, after he publicly endorsed Ruben Diaz Sr., a controversial, anti-LGBT candidate running for City Council in The Bronx.
The club, which organized a special meeting Thursday evening, shortly after the councilman’s endorsement became public earlier in the week, said in a statement that although Rodriguez has historically been a friend of the club, he “misrepresented his position on supporting candidates who work against LGBT equality in his questionnaire, and that his support for Diaz Sr. was unacceptable.”
The club said withdrawing their support for a candidate is ” a very rare occurrence and something that hasn’t happened in a number of years.”