Posted on 03/02/2021 5:41:04 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
During an interview that aired Monday on Mobile, AL radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) explained why it was important for conservatives and Republicans to look beyond identity politics, especially when it comes to wooing younger voters to support the cause.
The Florida GOP lawmaker argued against falling into the identity politics trap.
“We’re conservatives,” she said. “We don’t do identity politics. That is a tactic of the left. This whole mentality that you need to check a box in order to make sure something gets done or can be done is ridiculous. It is so infuriating to me when people come and talk to me and say, ‘Oh, as a woman, you’re going to fight for this. You’re going to fight for that.’ No, as a representative, I’m going to fight for 710,000 constituents that I have in my district that sent me to Washington. I don’t care if they’re black or white, young or old, Republican or Democrat. A representative is an advocate, a voice in Washington, D.C.”
“And I think when we are starting getting into the game of what Democrats do — of this checking a box, that we have to have a woman, that we have to have a person of color, that we have to check all of these boxes, we’re doing a disservice not just to ourselves but to our country and to our community because we should strive above all else for the best person for the job,” Cammack added.
According to Cammack, the best way to attract millennials was to explain why. She said if the right message were conveyed, those younger voters would find themselves supporting conservative causes in the name of “equal opportunity, not equal outcome.”
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She sounds good! I looked her up and most of her district is pretty conservative, with the exception of Alachua County, seat of UF and therefore full of raving leftists.
I lived there and I worked at the GOP offices and the polling places during the Bush elections...on one memorable occasion, a leftist associate Poli-Sci professor threw a brick through the window while our volunteers were working, and on another, a lefty prof attacked the cardboard cutout of George Bush we had standing outside the door! LOL! Can you believe a grown man attacking a cardboard cutout? Just shows you how nutty Alachua County was.
But their representative sounds great, so there must be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth at UF these days.
I think we should refuse to self identify our race or check “other”.
Seems like the Covid vaccine recipients in AZ are doing just that and it drives the critical racists nutts!
“we’re doing a disservice not just to ourselves but to our country and to our community because we should strive above all else for the best person for the job,”
I’m convinced our horrible failure to deal with the covid was because of not promoting the best.
“GOP Rep. Cammack: ‘We’re Conservatives, We Don’t Do Identity Politics”
Now that we’re about to also be a minority, perhaps it’s time to reconsider that position and stop SPLITTING OUR VOTE, which accomplishes nothing but empowering Democrats.
Vote out a RINO EVEN IF IT MEANS VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT IN THE GENERAL.
You won’t have to worry about voting out RINOs if HR1 passes. With 16 and 17 year olds being given the vote Republicans (RINOs or not) will have a hard time ever being elected to anything again.
You won’t have to worry about voting out RINOs if HR1 passes. With 16 and 17 year olds being given the vote Republicans (RINOs or not) will have a hard time ever being elected to anything again.
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