A Trump supporter who founded a nonprofit to support Capitol Hill interns sued the organization, alleging she was fired because of her conservative beliefs.
, a nonprofit that provides financial assistance for Capitol Hill interns. The organization aims to ensure that people from diverse backgrounds can serve in unpaid Hill positions.
The suit said board members thought “her conservative Republican beliefs posed a threat to the financial and reputational stability” of the organization — a threat they said she would not pose as a Democrat. Henson was replaced by an interim CEO — former congressman Dennis A. Ross — who “was not asked to resign” the position even when he announced he would run as a Republican for another Florida congressional seat, according to the suit.Ross was a member of Trump’s transition team in 2016. A C2C spokesman said Ross resigned from the nonprofit last year ahead of his unsuccessful campaign.In a statement, C2C denied wrongdoing and said Henson’s complaint was “without merit.
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