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2016 Postmortem

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2016, 02:41 PM Dec 2016

I think it's worth pointing out...

...that the same guy who says tokenism is bad is also the same guy who hired a female and black campaign spokesperson after his campaign staff was criticized as too white and too male.

Food for thought.

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I think it's worth pointing out... (Original Post) BobbyDrake Dec 2016 OP

And completely changed campaign rhetoric one day after a visit to Seattle. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1

She was one of the absolute best people in his campaign too. emulatorloo Dec 2016 #2

Perhaps she just happened to be best qualified for the job. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #3

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

1. And completely changed campaign rhetoric one day after a visit to Seattle.

Reply to BobbyDrake (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 03:12 PM

Dec 2016

To be fair, I think he was horrified as member of the crowd shouted "taze her" and "we have fixed race problems".

emulatorloo

(45,569 posts)

2. She was one of the absolute best people in his campaign too.

Reply to BobbyDrake (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 06:00 PM

Dec 2016

IMHO, too bad she wasn't the campaign manager.

hellofromreddit

(1,182 posts)

3. Perhaps she just happened to be best qualified for the job.

Reply to BobbyDrake (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 06:11 PM

Dec 2016

Food for thought.

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