Agema Skips DC Meeting, Blames 'Liberal Critics Within The Republican Party'

Michigan Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema, who has been criticized for anti-gay and anti-Muslim comments, is not attending the RNC's winter meeting in Washington, D.C. and blames his absence on "liberal critics within the Republican Party." "My liberal critics within the Republican Party have chosen to elevate this discussion to the RNC Meeting and make it a drawn out fight between liberals and conservatives within the party," he said in a statement to the Detroit Free Press. "For thi...