by Chris Bodenner
No, not Steele. Indiana GOP Committeeman James Bopp emails Ben Smith with a little-known fact:
Our rules require the co-chairman to be of a different sex than the chairman. If a woman is elected chairman, then it must be a man. Right now, 2 women are running for co-chair. Both are well-respected. They will be cut out if a woman is elected chairman. Thus, this puts pressure on the supporters of the two women candidates for co-chair to support a man for chairman, disadvantaging a woman for chairman, i.e. Ann [Wagner] and Maria [Cino].
To his credit, Bopp calls this gender requirement "unfair". (The current co-chair is Jan Larimer, by the way.)
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