Lefty media channels are struggling hard to figure out how to process this situation where the party of diversity has no candidates now who are "of color" - at least at debate level.
They are angry as hell but don't know who to blame it on. Seems like it should be the republicans, or old white politics. That's their go-to position on things, but it is the dem party. They are supposed to be the go-to solution for all of that.
Some of these clowns are coming dangerously close to suggesting that - instead of a merit system- there should be affirmative action or something to make sure all minorities are represented.
They are trying the "we are not billionaires like the rest" routine. And that works a little. Except Obama did not start as a billionaire, and bernie built his way up with small donations, Booty is not a billionaire etc. Even the lefty LA Times dinged Kamala for saying she was not a billionaire and did not have the money to continue. They pointed out that she has no money because she has no traction or supporters. Duh.
Booker and Kamala are black- kinda anyway- except blacks are/were not supporting them. Whose fault is that? Castro is hispanic but has almost zero hispanic support while Bernie has over 34% hispanic support in a couple polls. Whose fault is that? DNC picking on Castro, or billionaires, or old white guys. I am looking at you Castro Boy. You is a dud. Castro says (below) the media is pushing a double standard for candidates of color. Sounds zippy and from the progressive script, but what the hell does it mean? I am game, someone offer up some examples of what that looks like. Malarkey.
The Dem Party is in a little pickle right now. Every bone in their body wants to lash out at the current slate of candidates but they are the only horses they have to ride through the election cycle. Not pretty.
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Twitter, reflecting on one of the most initially diverse fields in history has dwindled: “We're spiraling toward a debate stage without a single person of color.”
Former Housing and Development Secretary Julián Castro echoed Booker’s sentiments, arguing coverage of Harris’ campaign was “grossly unfair and unfortunate.” Pointing to stories by The Washington Post, POLITICO and The New York Times, Castro
decried the media for pushing a “flawed formula” of electability that subjects women and candidates of color to a double standard.
“Our party’s diversity is our strength, and it’s a shame that we’re headed for a December debate without a single person of color,” Castro later
tweeted.
Aside from Booker and Castro, the other nonwhite candidates in the race — entrepreneur Yang, Gabbard and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick — have not hit the DNC's polling and donor thresholds. Four white men and two white women have qualified: Former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, billionaire Tom Steyer, and Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar.
While Democrats expressed concern about the narrowing field's dwindling diversity, some Republicans took to Twitter to mock that fear. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney quoted a tweet listing the all-white candidates on the December stage with the
quip: “You forgot about Pocahontas,” invoking President Donald Trump's nickname for the 2020 candidate.
Warren
apologized earlier this year for identifying as Native American earlier in her career.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...c-debate-after-kamala-harris-drops-out-075219