{"id":610722,"date":"2021-08-04T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610722"},"modified":"2021-08-04T10:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:20:26","slug":"blm-group-defends-lindsey-graham-calls-for-resignation-of-democratic-party-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-group-defends-lindsey-graham-calls-for-resignation-of-democratic-party-official\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM Group Defends Lindsey Graham, Calls For Resignation Of Democratic Party Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblm-group-defends-lindsey-graham-calls-for-resignation-of-democratic-party-official%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lindseygraham-scaled-e1628080942599.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Black Lives Matter group demanded the resignation Tuesday of the Rhode Island Democratic Party chief political strategist after she tweeted disparaging remarks about Sen. Lindsey Graham.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Coyne-McCoy, a Democratic Party strategist and political <a href=\"https:\/\/campaignfixer.com\/\">consultant<\/a>, sent a now-deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsgoingonRI\/status\/1422550446137294848\">tweet<\/a> Monday seemingly wishing death on the senator after his COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/02\/lindsey-graham-tests-positive-covid-19-vaccinated\/\">diagnosis<\/a>. Graham had tested positive despite being vaccinated and has previously called on others to be vaccinated as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wrong to hope he dies from Covid right? Asking for a friend. #CovidIsNotOver #LindseyGraham,\u201d Coyne-McCoy tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.7374301675978\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rhode Island Democratic Party Leader and Strategist Kate Coyne McCoy wishes death upon U.S. Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LindseyGraham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LindseyGraham<\/a> upon his COVID-19 diagnosis. The post Tweet has recently been deleted. Should she be held accountable? What are your thoughts? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RhodeIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RhodeIsland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KateCoyneMcCoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KateCoyneMcCoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRl8auBDwl\">pic.twitter.com\/wRl8auBDwl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 What\u2019s Going on in RI (@WhatsgoingonRI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsgoingonRI\/status\/1422550446137294848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Black Lives Matter Rhode Island political action committee (PAC) issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blmripac\/status\/1422635530982993926\">statement<\/a> Tuesday condemning Coyne-McCoy\u2019s comments as \u201cextremely distasteful and insensitive.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/02\/joe-manchin-houseboat-group-senators-lindsey-graham-positive-covid19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Joe Manchin Hosted Gathering With Lindsey Graham And Group Of Bipartisan Senators On His Houseboat In DC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of political affiliation the disregard for human life is unacceptable and should not be tolerated anywhere within any political party,\u201d the group said. \u201cHow can we trust someone with such blatant disregard for human life with the will of RI voters?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.961194029851\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BLM RI PAC Response to RI Democratic Party Chief Political Strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katecoynemccoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@katecoynemccoy<\/a>\u2019s Comments:<\/p>\n<p>In a time where many human lives have been lost to COVID-19 all across Rhode Island, this comment is extremely distasteful and insensitive. Regardless of political affiliation\u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Black Lives Matter RI PAC (@blmripac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blmripac\/status\/1422635530982993926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/blm-rhode-island-pac-strategist\">Fox News<\/a> that Coyne-McCoy has made similar comments in the past and has a history of \u201cwishing death on people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBLM RI PAC strongly urges RI Governor Dan McKee and House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi to call for her immediate resignation, as those views regardless of political affiliation should never be accepted,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>Coyne-McCoy received widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-strategists-tweet-about-lindsey-grahams-covid-diagnosis-panned\">backlash<\/a> for her comments and since deleted her tweet, apologizing in a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katecoynemccoy\/status\/1422517966957068289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.042735042735\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I made a mistake. I used poor judgement which I obviously regret.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 katecoynemccoy (@katecoynemccoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katecoynemccoy\/status\/1422517966957068289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI made a mistake,\u201d she said. \u201cI used poor judgement which I obviously regret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Rhode Island Republicans were also outraged at her comments, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/08\/03\/ri-democrat-strategist-tweet-lindsay-graham-covid-criticized\/5466753001\/\">Providence Journal<\/a>&nbsp;reported, and called for her resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Black Lives Matter group demanded the resignation Tuesday of the Rhode Island Democratic Party chief political strategist after she tweeted disparaging remarks about Sen. Lindsey Graham.Kate Coyne-McCoy, a Democratic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}