Posted on 03/03/2020 3:12:15 PM PST by blam
Feminist author Jill Filipovic suggested that, after the 2020 presidential election, Democrats might want to commit to not including any white men in its field of candidates.
"Whatever happens in November, what if all Democrats pledged that no white guys will run for president next cycle?" she tweeted on Monday.
She also pushed back on people who wanted Democrats to choose the "best" candidate.
"And yeah we all want the best candidates to run, but if that's your immediate response here, you're kind of telling on yourself that you don't think there are plenty of excellent candidates who aren't white guys," she said.
Her comments came just before Super Tuesday, where the field in which the major candidates are all white and competing for the Democratic nomination. The 2020 field's diversity became a hot topic after Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., dropped out in December, leaving a debate stage with businessman Andrew Yang as the only person of color.
"It's both an honor and a disappointment to be the lone candidate of color on the stage tonight," Yang said during the debate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is the only viable female candidate left in the field after Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., dropped out of the race.
A leading progressive activist similarly lamented Sen. Kamala Harris' departure from the 2020 race.
"It's a sad state of affairs to have six white candidates on stage, many of whom don't necessarily speak with black women, who are the powerhouse voters -- and we're at this moment where we went from the most diverse set of candidates in the history -- certainly in my lifetime -- to an all-white stage," Aimee Allison told MSNBC's Ali Velshi.
Before the Democratic race started, CNN's Alisyn Camerota asked Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper if it was the "right"
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Better idea: do not run at all.
Sounds legit. What’s the worse that can happen?
Why wait until next time. Do it now.
Just do it!
This from the party that told us for decades that we shouldn’t judge people by what they look like
Works for me.
Does Beto count?
The silly little *(*& does not realize that all they have to do is put up some women with talent, who are not felons (you listening, Hillabeast?), and perhaps just a bit of experience.
One Occasional Cortex pretty much pulls the rug out of these idiots.
No broken down liberal skanks please.
How about the Demonicrats running someone who isn’t a lying murdering traitor.
Forget it! The Demonicrats don’t have anyone else.
So the dems aren’t going to take any white guys’ money either then, right?
>>Why wait until next time. Do it now
oh, they will. when they steal the nomination from bernie and hand it to hillary it wll be for the sake of “diversity”
This fem-dyke has a BAD MEMORY.
The dems just tried what she is asking. Does she not remember Kamala, Corey, Tulsi, Warren, Klobuchar, Marianne, and others???
Manchin’s out there jumping up & down yelling “Look at me Look at me!”.
So why aren’t ALL the female Rat voters voting for Liawatha?
The female D voters had their chance and they made their choices. They didn’t vote for the phony.
Too bad Filipovic. Your ideas lost. Take the “L”.
Very bad idea.
For context this is the same idiot that said women should divorce their Republican husbands.
Toxic femininity ALERT!
The people who make TV advertisements have already got the message.
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