Candidate for RNC chairmanship was member of whites-only club RAW STORY

Published: Monday November 24, 2008





Print This Email This South Carolina's GOP chairman, Katon Dawson, who announced his candidacy to be chairman of the Republican National Committee Sunday, was a member of a whites only country club until September, Talking Points Memo revealed Monday.



South Carolina's The State reported that Dawson had resigned from the Forest Lake Club after concerns about its "whites only" deed. He said that he'd fought to change the restriction over the summer, though he'd been a member for 12 years.



Dawson announced his candidacy Sunday.



"The paper says he was a member for 12 years, so it seems like a pretty fair question to ask whether he started working to change the club's rules this summer, and then resigned, in preparation for his RNC chair candidacy," TPM's Greg Sargent wrote.



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