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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... [View all]

...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... [View all] 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