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House Republican leaders told lawmakers to focus on criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ record without reference to her race and gender, following caustic remarks from some Republicans attacking her on the basis of identity.
During a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, chair of the House GOP campaign arm Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) and others issued the warning after a series of comments by their members that focused on Harris’ race as well as claims she is a “DEI” pick, according to two people in the room.
In the 48 hours since President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Republican leaders have tried to train their criticism of the presumptive Democratic nominee on her handling of the border and her plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress.
But several Republicans immediately took the criticism in a different direction. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Monday that Harris was a “DEI vice president” and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) over the weekend questioned if Democrats are sticking by her “because of her ethnic background.” If nominated, Harris would be the first Black and South Asian woman to be a major party nominee.
so nerds how many days until a chud politician calls Kamala the n-word live?
how do you think Joe Biden became president? he won the 2020 nomination solely because of his association with Obama, and he was really only appointed VP because he was a segregationist old white man who could appeal to casually racist white moderates. Biden's polls peaked only around 3-4% in the 2008 primaries, Kamala at least peaked up to 16% in her run
strategically obama would've never picked a woman or another poc for the ticket. so you can reasonably say biden only got where he is for his race and gender
also, harris was probably also pretty calculated, not just a pity pick. having a woc perceived as being progressive while not actually believing in anything was perfect for pulling naive progressive libs. a white male + white male ticket wouldn't have done him any favors and she was assertive while more human-seeming than the other candidates