Joe Ellison

File this under GOP rebranding efforts. TPM’s Perry Stein today reports that the Virginia GOP, fresh after nominating the ultraconservative ticket of Ken Cuccinelli and E.W. Jackson, has now appointed Rev.

In January of 2010 televangelist Pat Robertson notoriously blamed the deadly earthquake in Haiti on the country’s supposed “pact to the Devil.” While Robertson’s remarks sparked outrage, the televangelist refused to back down and even found support from Rev.