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| Virgil: When Wokeness Damages Democrats |
| 2021-03-30 |
An exploration beyond this single outburst. [BREITBART] We got a peek into the future of woke diversity on March 23, when Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that she was so mad at the Biden administration for supposedly neglecting Asian-American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) that she wouldn’t vote to confirm any more of Biden’s non-minority appointees. "I will vote for racial minorities and I will vote for LGBTQ, but anybody else I’m not voting for," she said. "Until then, I am a ’no’ vote on the floor on all non-diversity nominees." Explaining her stance, Duckworth recalled that she had been on a conference call with White House staffers and had complained about this alleged lack of diversity. The response that came back was not at all satisfactory to Duckworth: "The first words out of the staff mouth was ’We’re very proud of Vice President Harris,’ which is incredibly insulting." One might wonder why it’s insulting to bring up the heritage of Harris, who is a woman and half-Indian and half-Black, and thus plenty diverse; she was after all the first person Biden chose last summer for his administration. And yet Duckworth said that to her the Biden staffer’s words were a "trigger." We might step back and observe: Who knew that Illinois, typically thought of as a middle-of-the-road state, had in fact elected one of the woken? (Or could it be that Duckworth is mad that she was not selected as Biden’s running mate, perhaps in part because she was making radically woke comments?) Interestingly, Duckworth’s boycott of Biden nominees was immediately endorsed by a second AAPI politician, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HA), who has long complained about supposed underrepresentation of AAPIs. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 SO many groups to represent! The one thing they agree on, however, is no more whites. Then they can get the 'right' balance of victims. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-03-30 12:08 |
| #5 Fascism will always eat the political class that initially supports it. They thing, because of greed and lust for power, that the fascist movement will reward them. Once a leader is established that ruler will, as history proves, will eradicate all of the rubes that could pose a threat. Unfortunately we will have to revisit these event in our lifetime. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-03-30 11:11 |
| #4 ..said the same thing about Mr. B. Arnold |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-03-30 11:06 |
| #3 All the more reason that her current behavior, following such distinguished service, is disgraceful |
| Posted by: Thimp Bucket1022 2021-03-30 07:53 |
| #2 Worse than that, Thorong Grundy1520. The honourable senator is the child of a Thai Chinese mother and an American father who continued his family’s military tradition going back to the Revolution. She lost both legs when the helicopter she was piloting in Iraq was shot down by jihadis, the first female double amputee of the second Iraq war. She then served in the Illinois National Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel while working for the state and federal governments until she ran for Congress in 2012, where she’s been ever since. Lots of other firsts, too. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-03-30 02:39 |
| #1 It is worse "retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel" |
| Posted by: Thorong Grundy1520 2021-03-30 01:50 |