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July 24, 2024July 24, 2024

dei? exactly when did diversity, equity and inclusion become bad things?

kamala harris is often accused of being a dei candidate but those people seem to have become confused. diversity, equity and inclusion are good things. the entire point of america was to be a place where people could escape conformity and be themselves without being kicked out or punished.

my problem with kamala harris isn\'t that she\'s a black woman. it\'s that she\'s not even close to being the best choice. there are other candidates with better policies, more experience and more strength. and everyone knows it, even the ones calling her brat and momala.

harris is a fifty-nine-year-old straight black woman. those are all totally fine for a president. i\'m disgusted by people, particularly those on the right, who are attacking her for her ethnicity or gender. the free world isn\'t a cult, where we have to respect people just because they\'re leaders. but that doesn\'t mean it\'s a free-for-all where we should just shit on people for their basic existence.

given that the vice president is a purely symbolic position who\'s realistically only there as a backup to the president, we can discount that experience as being relevant. before that, she was a one-term senator. that\'s her entire political career. before politics, she spent most of her life locking people up as district attorney then attorney general.

the democrats can do better. and that absolutely doesn\'t mean picking an old straight white guy like biden. what the party needs to do is take a long, hard look at the serious candidates who have more to offer the country than a future harris administration. democratic voters will vote for whoever the nominee is. whoever doesn\'t vote for the nominee wasn\'t going to vote democrat anyway so that\'s not really the issue.

better female candidates... the first one who immediately comes to mind is the governor of oregon, tina kotek (57), a child of immigrant parents who\'s also the first openly-lesbian governor in history. her background has been to help minorities and those struggling financially, not to mention one of the best records dealing with healthcare and social justice of any state leader. gretchen whitmer (52), governor of michigan, is also an excellent candidate whose focus has been on affordable healthcare, fighting sexual violence and improving job availability and working conditions, not to mention her commitment to environmental progress and reproductive rights.

katie hobbs (54), governor of arizona, also quickly comes to mind , having spent most of her life focusing on poverty, access to healthcare, reproductive rights and dealing with domestic and sexual violence. she\'s also got a long history of bipartisan support, something the party desperately needs today. california senator laphonza butler (45) is my personal favorite on the list but, given that her experience is only one term in the senate, she probably has little chance of being noticed. that being said, she\'s former-president of emily\'s list, an openly-lesbian black mother foused on improving education and ending censorship and disinformation. senator kirsten gillibrand from new york, representative barbara lee from california and representative lauren underwood from illinois are certainly competent possible running-mates.

better male candidates... gavin newsom (56) is probably the smartest choice, the exceptionally-popular governor of california who\'s fought for equality and representation even when it was unpopular and sometimes outlawed. from authorizing same-sex marriage to legalization of marijuana and on to focusing on education reform, police reform and minority rights, he\'s realistically been on the right side of every issue. dealing with the covid-19 pandemic, he was the only governor willing to put the safety of his people first despite what popular opinion across the country was, saving hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of lives in california.

josh shapiro (51), governor of pennsylvania is another name that\'s often discussed as a possible presidential candidate. he\'s fought and won against corruption, sexual violence, especially in the church, and insurance conspiracy, improving working conditions and bringing jobs to his state. his war on opiate addiction and support for the queer community are also strong points in his favor. governor jo pritzker of illinois, governor john green of hawaii, governor wes moore of maryland and senator cory booker of new jersey are also all strong candidates. there\'s a long list of others, both male and female, who deserve to be considered, though newsom, shapiro, kotek and whitmer absolutely must be given as options to the american people, who are the ultimate decision-makers in the process.

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