Nebraska Republican National Committeewoman Joyce Simmons submitted her resignation to Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel on Friday. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images Nebraska RNC official resigns to protest support of Moore

Nebraska Republican National Committeewoman Joyce Simmons resigned Monday in protest of the committee's financial support for Roy Moore.

“I strongly disagree with the recent RNC financial support directed to the Alabama Republican Party for use in the Roy Moore race. There is much I could say about this situation, but I will defer to this weekend's comments by Senator Shelby,” she wrote in an email to fellow party officials. “I will miss so many of you that I knew well; and wish I could have continued my service to the national Republican Party that I used to know well.”


On Sunday, Alabama’s senior senator, Richard Shelby told CNN that his state deserves better than Moore and that he wrote in a candidate when he cast his ballot.

Simmons declined to comment when reached by telephone on Monday morning. An RNC spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In the email, Simmons wrote that she submitted her resignation to Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel on Friday.

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Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct and pursuing underage girls, including one as young as 14 when he was in his 30s.

The RNC initially withdrew its support for Moore after the allegations against him surfaced in November. But it later reinvested in the race after President Donald Trump gave Moore his full-throated endorsement. The committee has sent the Alabama Republican Party $170,000.

McDaniel has privately expressed unhappiness about reengaging in the contest, yet she has told associates she felt she had little choice given the president’s endorsement. The RNC effectively functions as Trump’s political arm, she has said.

Yet McDaniel, who was chosen by Trump to lead the committee following his election, has faced blowback from donors who want to have little to do with Moore. During a dinner last week that was attended by around 40 contributors, Bobbie Kilberg, a well-connected Virginia Republican, told McDaniel she opposed the investment.

