The 116th Congress, which opened on Wednesday, is the most diverse in American history.
It contains the following in the House of Representatives, “the people’s branch”:
102 women
52 African Americans
39 Hispanic-Latino Americans
20 Asian Americans
34 Jewish Americans
2 Native Americans
2 Muslim Americans
Most of these groups are Democrats, with only a scattering of Republicans among them.
So we have a very diverse Democratic Party, and a heavily white Christian male Republican Party.
The future is in the hands of the Democrats long term, and if the Republican Party does not become more diverse and back away from the cancer of Donald Trump, the party of Lincoln, TR, Ike, Reagan, and Bush will end up in the dustbin of history, to be replaced by a moderate conservative party under a different banner and agenda.
Senate Democrats Running in 2020 Are Among the Most Progressive
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/01/11/senate-democrats-running-in-2020-are-among-the-most-progressive/?fbclid=IwAR2z86HX3u7o5ghoImLz-g0yl2Mjy8b61Fo0hLl4EuTElpy6ehUu1S9SLyE#.XDjNlDHCTmA.facebook
I heard yesterday that Tulsi Gabbard is running for President in 2020.
Julian Castro has announced now.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/politics/julian-castro-presidential-announcement/index.html
I find Tulsi Gabbard to be untrustworthy. While she may align with many other progressives economically, she has ties to authoritarianism.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/01/15/can-democrats-trust-tulsi-gabbard/
Pragmatic Progressive, I fully agree with you about Tulsi Gabbard, and find her unacceptable as the potential Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party!
Nate Silver talks about the various coalitions for the candidates. He says some of the younger candidates, such as Kamala and Beto, have more upside than the older candidates, such as Biden or Bernie.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-kamala-and-beto-have-more-upside-than-joe-and-bernie/
“Tulsi Gabbard’s Presidential Campaign Likely to Challenge US Military Industrial–Complex’
By Kevin Gosztola, January 14, 2019
http://shadowproof.com/2019/01/14/tulsi-gabbards-presidential-campaign-likely-to-challenge-us-military-industrial-complex/
Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii announced she will launch a presidential campaign for 2020. Her campaign is likely to distinguish itself from other Democratic campaigns by making wars and broader United States foreign policy a major issue.
Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii state legislature in 2002. She joined the Hawaii Army National Guard a year later and voluntarily deployed to Iraq, where she completed two tours of duty in 2004 and 2005.
She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012, and according to her own website, she was “one of the first two female combat veterans to ever serve in the U.S. Congress, and also its first Hindu member.â€
During Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, Gabbard gained notoriety after she resigned from her position as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee so she could openly support Sanders. She spoke at Sanders campaign rallies to help him distinguish his foreign policy from the much more hawkish foreign policy of Hillary Clinton.
Gabbard was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2018. She won 83 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary election.
Most progressives are not as outspoken against U.S. military interventions or what she refers to as “regime change wars.†She witnessed the impact of regime change on the people of Iraq, as well as U.S. troops, and that inspired her to talk more about the human cost of war and challenge the military industrial-complex.
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Southern Liberal,
Since you mentioned Nate Silver…
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/the-sudden-shocking-fall-of-nate-silver.html
In addition to embracing authoritarian dictators, Tulsi Gabbard has expressed anti-gay views, another reason why I don’t think she will be a serious contender.
Totally agree with you, Pragmatic Progressive!
Trump’s worst nightmare: a Latino taking his job.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/opinions/trumps-nightmare-a-latino-taking-his-job-reyes/index.html