Mia Love Argues with CNN Hosts: ‘I Wasn’t Elected’ Because of My Race or Gender

[ballscout1]

Mia Love, who last night became the first female African American Republican elected to Congress, disputed what she felt was the implication from CNN hosts Michaela Pereira and John Berman that race and gender factored into her election.

“This has nothing do with race,” Love said. “Understand that Utahans have made a statement that they’re not interested in dividing Americans based on race or gender, that they want to make sure that they are electing people who are honest and who have integrity. …That’s really what made history here. Race, gender, had nothing to do with it.”

Pereira reiterated that their question was about why it had taken the GOP so long to elect a black woman, and what might need to happen for it to occur more often.

“In Saratoga Springs there are very few black residents,” Love replied. “I wasn’t elected because of the color of my skin, I wasn’t elected because of my gender. I was elected because of the solutions that I put at the table because I promised I would run a positive issues-oriented campaign and that’s what resonated.”

Watch the clip below, via CNN:
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[spider705]

Wait......

So asking a black woman what her party needs to do to run and elect and reach out to other black people is insinuating she won solely on her race/gender?





I’m just out here working hard every single day, just trying to be the best poster I can be....

 

[playahaitian]

this chick is killing us...

I got family members out here making sure they AIN'T realted to her in any way

 

[Dr. Truth]

Mia coon.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Her face looks dry as fuck.

 

[spider705]

And what's REALLY fucked up is, in her acceptance speech, she brought up the accomplishment her damn self!!! She was the first person to make it about race! Hell, CNN queued up her own comments in leading up to the question being asked!



SHE SAID*

“Many of the naysayers out there said that Utah would never elect a black, Republican, LDS (Mormon) woman to Congress. Not only did we do it, we were the first to do it.”

I’m just out here working hard every single day, just trying to be the best poster I can be....

 

[geechiedan]

wait..sooo mia love was elected based on things other than her skin color or gender even tho she is a first in both but obama HAD TO be elected based on skin color rather than other thing even tho he was first as well....okay conservative hypocrisy got it..

 

[ballscout1]

Here comes the hate. Glad to see a sista bringing some new blood and new ways of doing things.

what's the new way ?

what has she done different ?

Allen West did it before her

Tim Scott did it before her

Ben Carson, Herman Cain all did it before her.

 

[Problematic]

heh.

i get how she rationalizes it in her mind though...she feels she won "in spite of"

 

[WhenTheGoingGetsTtuff]

I hate her already. I hate the shit out of her and i want to beat her with a bat.

 

[WhenTheGoingGetsTtuff]

heh.

i get how she rationalizes it in her mind though...she feels she won "in spite of"

And that in itself is the fuckin problem.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I hate her already. I hate the shit out of her and i want to beat her with a bat.

Why?

 

[badboyyawdie]

I didnt see her argue.

 

[spider705]

what's the new way ?

what has she done different ?

Allen West did it before her

Tim Scott did it before her

Ben Carson, Herman Cain all did it before her.

Man don't even waste your time with that clown.

It probably couldn't tell you anything about that "sista", platform she ran on, political beliefs, or anything else.

It just trolls for the sake of trolling and I wish y'all would stop quoting it because then I'm forced to read it's ASININE statements

I’m just out here working hard every single day, just trying to be the best poster I can be....

 

[spider705]

I didnt see her argue.

I didn't see her answer the question either

**edit**

Although I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND the point you're making

I’m just out here working hard every single day, just trying to be the best poster I can be....

 

[badboyyawdie]

I hate her already. I hate the shit out of her and i want to beat her with a bat.