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Gothmog

(143,998 posts)
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:07 PM Jan 2019

GOP leader: Pelosi bears responsibility for party's lack of diversity

This makes me smile




But there’s a larger truth to keep in mind: if Republicans are blaming Pelosi and Democrats for the GOP’s lack of diversity, they’re failing to acknowledge the actual explanations behind their demographic challenges.

This is, after all, a party that nominated and elected Donald Trump – whose only meaningful contribution to American politics before launching a campaign was championing a racist conspiracy theory, who was recorded bragging about assaulting women, and who maintained his party’s backing after defending white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville.

It’s a party that tolerated Rep. Steve King’s antics in Iowa and Paul LePage’s antics in Maine. It’s a party that welcomed the likes of Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond after they abandoned their “Dixiecrat” background. It’s a party that too often continues to target voting rights, too often uses “feminist” as an insult, and recently allowed the Violence Against Women Act to lapse.

“Nancy Pelosi does not want our party to look diverse”? The sooner Republicans stop blaming the House Speaker, and start owning up to their record, the better.
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GOP leader: Pelosi bears responsibility for party's lack of diversity (Original Post) Gothmog Jan 2019 OP
WTF Iliyah Jan 2019 #1
I read the Maddow Blog article a couple of times and gave up Gothmog Jan 2019 #8
Oh. My. God. The stupid. Squinch Jan 2019 #2
Wonder how he formed his mouth to even say such a ridiculous thing? brush Jan 2019 #3
Scalise's and his ilk FORGET Trump's 5 year Birther rant....... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #4
I get it wryter2000 Jan 2019 #5
Didn't you know? trev Jan 2019 #6
They ain't Republicans because they're smart and honest. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #7
The ONLY thing a Republican stands for is being against a Democrat. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #9
Nancy Pelosi is one powerful woman The Genealogist Jan 2019 #10
I think he's saying we stole all woman, PoC, the young, the none white males ... marble falls Jan 2019 #11

brush

(53,467 posts)
3. Wonder how he formed his mouth to even say such a ridiculous thing?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:10 PM
Jan 2019

Especially after the multi-hued, multi-gendered and just concluded blue wave.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,469 posts)
4. Scalise's and his ilk FORGET Trump's 5 year Birther rant.......
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:12 PM
Jan 2019

Is it any wonder why the GOP LACK diversity?

Their attitudes towards African-Americans, Asian and Hispanic groups, Women, the young leave little to be desired.

Their 2012 Autopsy told them nothing. The drubbing the GOP took in 2018 should be a wakeup call as to what is going to happen in 2020.

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
5. I get it
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:13 PM
Jan 2019

It's Pelosi's fault for not allowing racists into our party, so they have to become Republicans.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
10. Nancy Pelosi is one powerful woman
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jan 2019

So powerful is she that she determines the makeup of the opposing party. I guess next theyll tell us she uproots mighty sequoya trees and uses them as toothpicks.

marble falls

(56,356 posts)
11. I think he's saying we stole all woman, PoC, the young, the none white males ...
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:33 PM
Jan 2019

at least all the ones worth electing. Not one candidate I'll have any problem whatsoever, in the biggest field I've ever seen.

If that leaves him in a room full of guys who look and sound like him and its our fault I can live with it.

And that room gets smaller every day.

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