Republican State Central Committee member Fredy Burgos, shown, deleted his anti-Muslim, anti-immigration tweets and apologized after other committee members complained. “It is incredibly disappointing to see one of our leaders in Northern Virginia espousing views that simply do not reflect our beliefs.”Nadia Elgendy, a member of the state party committee, objected to Burgos’s anti-Muslim tweets. Corey A. Stewart, who chairs Trump’s Virginia campaign and also has criticized Curiel on Facebook, defended Burgos’s right to express his opinions online — although he said he strongly disagrees with the anti-Muslim ­rhetoric. “There’s gotta be room in the Republican Party for varying opinions,” said Stewart, who is chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and said he plans to run for governor next year. (Courtesy of Fredy Burgos)A new member of Virginia’s Republican State Central Committee apologized over the weekend for posting anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric on Twitter and Facebook — much of which echoed incendiary comments by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Source: Washington Post June 29, 2016 17:07 UTC