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"DEI Hire" just sounds like the new N word. She's more qualified than a lot of people on the hill and certainly more than her opponent and his VP combined, but she's still somehow just a "DEI Hire."
I think using DEI as a racist dogwhistle like they did CRT is really going to backfire on them. Anyone who spells out the acronym will get a sense that the Democratic candidate(s) receiving this slander is for diversity, equity and inclusion. So Team Trump is for uniformity, inequity and exclusion? Kinda says the quiet part out a bit too loud.
Most Turnip voters don't know what DEI stands for and will never look it up on principle.
Man, I wish they would stop slandering cathode ray tubes.
Diversity has become a scare word for genuinely non-racist (just dumb) conservatives, they think they didn't get that promotion because the company needs a black manager for DEI reasons even if there's a better white dude for the job. The racists make it person: "They didn't hire YOU, who is special and amazing and such a good worker bee, and instead hired that other guy JUST because he's black!" They don't register it as racial, but it opens them up to radicalization into the racist fold because now they start to develope that "you don't deserve your position because reverse racism" slant to all their views.
My convicted-felon, day-drinking alcoholic brother thinks that "Mexicans" (all brown people) are a plague that's ruining his home in California because they started him on the "DEI is reverse racism, and that's why you didn't get that job!" Crap via whatever indoctrination he stated with.
"DEI Hire"
It's #MAGA for the N word.
It's their loudest dogwhistle.
Dog whistles technically aren't quiet, they are out of the audible frequency for humans, but dogs can perceive them because their hearing range goes beyond the 20k Hz range that is the upper limit for human ears. Sort of like how we can feel the heat from infrared light we just can't see it, but point an infrared camera at the light source and it's bright.
This guy whistle dogs.
They even both have hard Rs
Billionaires are in the 1%, truly a minority of the global population.
Trump is a diversity hire.
He's a nepo baby, a DEI hire needs to face adversity from the system to get where they are, a nepo baby is put into power despite their incompetence.
Perhaps he's a DEI hire AND a Nepo baby?
He's also more brain-dead than RFK's worm and his pants are filled with more piss and shit than a port-a-potty at a Beer 'n Bad Shrimp convention
I'm ok with the GOP looking bad, making gaff after gaff. This time in particular. And I would love to have the GOP become a functional governing party, that was inclusive of all citizens. Not holding my breath. But that saying, "A house that is divided against itself cannot stand." keeps coming to mind. If half of my home were rotting away, I sure would want to do something about that.
They’re only calling her a diversity hire in public, we all know what they’re saying in private.
Was Clarence Thomas a "DEI Appointment"?
He was the best justice that money could buy.
No, he's just "one of the good ones" because he's on their side.
Clarence Thomas's appointment was big "Fuck You" to the legacy of Thurgood Marshall
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer?
Bad to the robe.
Yes and so was Harris. I mean, prior to selecting Harris, Biden literally said he wanted a woman of color as his VP. If harris picks a white man as a running mate, that will likely be a diversity hire as well (although hopefully she doesn't say she wants a white man as a running mate out loud so she at least has plausible deniability).
I'm not saying she's unqualified, her credentials are plenty good enough for the job and much better than Trump or Vance. Its also not necessarily a bad thing to intentionally pick a running mate with a different upbringing than you, so you get exposed to different world views. But it's not racist to say she's a diversity hire when Biden literally said as much.
I think that's certainly what Republicans were intending, and I think it's why Thomas appears very insecure.
He's not the best pick for VP, but the campaign posters would go down in history.
#HarriButt2024
He absolutely thrashes opponents in conversations so elegantly and politely with straight facts. I think he's the only regular administration official who even goes on Fox News because he can handle those assholes.
I'd proudly post the "HarriButt" bumber sticker, but unfortunately, too many shitty people are afraid of "gay", so I don't see that happening. I really hope he stays in public view and gets an elevated position that uses his skills more widely in a Harris administration though. He's fantastic.
Why not? He's an amazing speaker and he comes across as extremely thoughtful and intelligent.
Strategically, Kelly would garner more votes bc:
But wholeheartedly agree, I'd take Buttigieg over anyone, and if he's selected, it wouldn't adversely affect Dem's chances.
My biggest worry is that his history in South Bend runs the risk of bolstering the "she's a cop" narrative if Harris picks him.
The problem is that's exactly the kind of rhetoric that the Trunp base wants to hear. The question is how racist are the independent voters. We are going to find out how many ignorant bigots COVID took out since 2016.
The problem is that’s exactly the kind of rhetoric that the Trunp base wants to hear.
If it helps, Republicans reaching for these "low branches" are all they can do until she starts detailing her platform. They don't have much else to go for.
The question is how racist are the independent voters.
Same for independents as well, nothing really to look forward to or hate until more info is released. If she hasn't changed her views much since 2019, she'll already be more successful/popular than Biden.
We are going to find out how many ignorant bigots COVID took out since 2016.
Probably not enough to change the outcome of an election. If a whole bunch of old people died in Florida, Republicans would win anyways after they all moved there during Covid (if they moved from Ohio or another swing state that would make a huge difference in Ohio or other swing states).
You did just give me an idea. Let's take the populations of New York and San Fransisco and split them into conservative areas. They can move back after the election. I call this plan "How to elect any official."
Come on boomer-remover! If there's one silver lining to the pandemic it was fascists refusing to protect themselves.
Why is little piss baby Trump so afraid to debate a “DEI hire”?
Sharp brain wielding Kamala will expose and DESTROY Dotard Trump in a debate.
🐔#chickenDon🐓
Why is little piss baby Trump so afraid to debate a “DEI hire”?
Cuz he's terrified of her
Plus, he has to make sure he says DEI instead of the n-word, which probably is a lot of effort.
Because he has no platform aside from fear and hate.
Matt Gaetz is a DUI hire. Just say'in.
T-Shirt
Shhhh… let them shoot themselves in the dick.
Sir, you’re supposed to pretend that you’re not racist.
He IS that polite, which I appreciate, but he could make a stronger statement about it.
Pete is right to say so.
Seeing this guy a lot lately :/
But it’s right on brand.
Just showcases their ignorance