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So Republicans fully support a white republican female as president?

Where is this candidate?

Oh right they're still on the "old white guy" train and it's not about skin color or gender beyond their racism and sexism.

I already need a second hand to count the number of times I've heard people saying "she used to be a prostitute" in public or at work, while also not remembering WHO said that, where they heard it from, or any sort of evidence to back it up beyond "I just pulled this out of my ass because she's a woman and that's what I associate women with"

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Nikki Haley passes for white enough, apparently.

[-] don@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I wonder why Nimarata Randhawa doesn’t use her first and last names. Bit of a mystery, that.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I dislike her as much as the next guy, but Nikki is her middle name, and she's used it basically all her life: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/05/fact-check-haley-didnt-white-wash-her-name-nikki-punjabi/4928061001/

And she married before going into politics, so I imagine she's used the name Haley for her entire political career. Generally you don't want to change your name once you start, because name recognition is huge.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

No idea. As Rafael Cruz- er, Ted Cruz.

[-] blaine@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not exactly. It's more that they are questioning Biden's decision to only consider black women for certain roles (VP, Supreme Court Justice). They know affirmative action polls poorly, so they're attacking him where he's weak.

Americans, by and large, want people to be selected based solely on ability. They want everyone to have a fair chance - but despise the idea of guaranteed slots being held open for people who look a certain way. Even California outlawed affirmative action.

This isn't the terrible double-standard you think it is - just a decently calibrated political attack.

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