Since HRC first choose to endorse Kirk over Duckworth back in March, there was heavy criticism about why the organization would choose a GOP candidate with a lower LGBTQ advocacy score on its index over an ally of color who garnered a perfect score. Public backlash and disappointment is what made HRC finally cave in, and that’s pretty damn disappointing.
In other words: because he didn’t say anything homophobic, they don’t feel the need to drop him over comments that were racist.
