Mitt Romney’s foreign policy spokesman Richard Grenell resigned
Tuesday afternoon, and the fact that he is openly gay appears to have
been at least part of the reason.
Grenell, who was living in California with his longtime partner,
served during the Bush administration as communications director for the
US ambassador to the United Nations. In April the Romney campaign
appointed him spokesman for foreign policy. He was the first openly gay
spokesperson for a Republican presidential candidate. On Tuesday he sent a statement to Jennifer Rubin, a conservative blogger at the Washington Post:
