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RNC Pride tweet: The elephant in the room

A handful of days into this rainbow deluge, the air of LGBT pride is so suffocating that people could choke. It's plastered across social media, corporate logos, cereal boxes, even big box stores' pandering displays. This month, fans can't even go to a San Francisco Giants game without being bombarded with the league's first Pride-color uniforms. But one place conservatives thought they were safe from all this nonsense was the Republican National Committee. Turns out, their chairwoman is just as happy as anyone to pull on the LGBT jersey.

It wasn't the smartest thing RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has ever done. At a time when dozens of states are racing to stop LGBT extremism, the last thing any political strategist would advise is pitting yourself against them. And yet, that's exactly what McDaniel did on Wednesday when she tweeted:

"Happy Pride Month! The GOP is proud to have doubled our LGBTQ support over the last four years, and we will continue to grow our big tent by supporting measures that promote fairness and balance protections for LGBTQ Americans and those with deeply-held religious beliefs."

If McDaniel was looking for a way to end her party's record-breaking fundraising, she nailed it. Right now, there are few things she -- or any Republican -- could have said that would have been more tone-deaf and offensive than applauding the woke agenda her base is trying to combat.

In case the RNC hasn't noticed, there's a wave of red states in line trying to cut off the same gender extremism the RNC is intent on supporting. Most Americans -- and that includes a good number of Democrats -- are sick of the transgender assault. They're tired of being force-fed radicalism that ...

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