Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus calls for Dem strategist to resign over Graham comment

The chief strategist of the Rhode Island Democratic Party who tweeted about Sen. Lindsey Graham’s COVID-19 diagnosis was disrespectful, her apology insufficient and she should resign from her post, the state’s Democratic Women’s Caucus said in a statement released Friday.

The tweet was met with fierce backlash and later deleted. She tweeted, "I made a mistake. I used poor judgement which I obviously regret." The Boston Globe reported that the caucus broke from the state’s Democratic Party back in 2019. The report pointed out that the women’s caucus mentioned that Coyne-McCoy was hired in March to, in part, train candidates prior to the crucial 2022 elections.  "This kind of dialogue and these kinds of values do not belong in the Democratic Party—or any party," the statement read. The statement called "right-wing criticism" of Coyne-McCoy’s post "hypocritical" and said the right "must work against their own side’s efforts to bring actual violence and death in the country via insurrection, anti-vaxx conspiracies, and mask-mandate bans implemented against CDC health guidelines."