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House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris
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Everyone understands that Biden didn't pick a black woman as his Vice President by coincidence, so Republicans could push the "DEI candidate" message without sounding explicitly racist, simply by attacking Harris as inexperienced. The people they want to reach would come to their desired conclusion. It's a good thing that the stable geniuses in that party won't or can't control their mouths, since many voters who are hostile to the idea of DEI still don't want to think of themselves as explicitly racist.
It's funny, I don't remember a peep from Republicans about DEI for Obama choosing an old white dude as a running mate. It's almost as if DEI is a stand-in for another word. Maybe media could do their job and posit what that word might be.
Yeah, every VP is a DEI candidate.
When they talk about "balancing the ticket", they're looking specifically for diversity. Old to balance young. Southern to balance northern. Experienced to balance inexperienced, etc.
Even when both candidates are white men, they are looking for someone who will bring in voters that the presidential candidate won't on their own. Dick Cheney was an old white man, but he was chosen to balance Bush Jr's young age and relative lack of political experience. Even Mike Pence was a DEI hire because he was specifically chosen to appeal to religious evangelical voters who didn't trust Trump.
I think that's also not a winning argument. Again, many voters who are hostile to the idea of DEI still don’t want to think of themselves as explicitly racist. If the Republicans are acting racist, these voters won't support them. But if the Democrats are calling these voters racist, then these voters won't support them either.