Biden’s Discriminatory Admin Picks
By choosing officials based on identity politics, he proves the unfairness of “inclusion.â€
by Steve Salerno
December 16, 2020, 12:00 AM
America is one month out from inaugurating an administration that, in the name of equity, has committed to discrimination as a foundational principle. And the Biden administration gives every indication of unapologetically embracing discrimination as a modus vivendi.
Joe Biden’s March announcement that his running mate would be a woman was insufficient to fulfill liberal fantasies of the ideal ticket. It mattered not that Elizabeth Warren’s credentials were as impeccable as any in a party animated by its left-most wing. Nor would Amy Klobuchar, darling of the Kavanaugh hearings, do. Both women had a visible disqualifying defect amid today’s Democratic concept of inclusion. For that matter, when Biden first announced his commitment to a female vice president, no one asked, “But why? What’s wrong with Bernie?†It would have been a perfectly reasonable question given that for a good part of primary season Bernie Sanders seemed poised to edge out Biden himself for the nomination. Or how about Pete Buttigieg, the voice of a new Democratic generation and the chic early pick after winning the Iowa caucuses? If diversity is key, might he not have been a good addition to the slate? Nope. More visible defects. So when Biden in July yielded to party pressure, publicly declaring that he had narrowed his choice to four women of color, the punditry class swooned.
The eventual Biden–Harris ticket was introduced as a cause for celebration and framed as a halcyon moment by the mainstream media and others who purport to speak for the conscience of a nation. They were grievously wrong. In truth, it was arguably the highest-profile case to date of exclusion packaged as inclusion, and prejudice marketed as progress.
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