The headline of a recent New York Post column deriding Vice President Kamala Harris says, "America may soon be subjected to the country's first DEI president." Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, later used that same language, telling Fox Business that Democrats have "got to choose between a mentally incompetent president and a DEI vice president." At a speech at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida on Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump said: "If Joe had picked someone even halfway competent, they would have bounced him from office years ago. But they can't, because she's got to be their second choice."
Democrats suggesting an open convention or looking past Harris as they imagine who might run on the top of the Democratic ticket if Biden can't are also (in a less offensive way) demeaning Harris' political skills and competence.
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