Grenell Was 'INSTRUCTED TO SHUT UP'
GAY ROMNEY SPOKESMAN WAS 'INSTRUCTED TO SHUT UP'
The Romney campaign told Grenell to "be quiet and not to speak up until it went away," said a source familiar with the matter, referring to criticism of his sexual orientation. A source close to the Romney campaign said Grenell was asked to lay low only on the issue of his tweets about Callista Gingrich and First Lady Michele Obama, for which he, in fact, had already apologized.
The Romney campaign has said Grenell had not been sent out to talk about foreign policy issues before this week because he was not scheduled to start until May 1. But that explanation did not make sense to some, including one former high-ranking Bush administration official.
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Last week Grenell was "instructed to shut up" before a foreign policy conference call with reporters, eroding his standing with journalists on the beat, Andrew Sullivan reported and HuffPost confirmed.
(quite telling)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/richard-grenell-flap-mitt-romney_n_1472188.html
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