Bernie Sanders claims that “unlike the Republicans,” the Democratic Party embraces diversity. But comparing the 2020 Democrats to the 2016 Republicans, that statement is questionable at best.
In 2016, the GOP presidential candidates had a great deal of diversity. Marco Rubio was a Hispanic Catholic. Ben Carson was a Black Protestant. There was former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, a woman. The Republican field featured plenty of diversity in 2016. All of the top three Democratic candidates, Bernie, Biden and Warren, are white (being one one-millionth Cherokee does not count), so they’re hardly in a place to lecture on this topic.
Additionally, on the topic of diversity, it’s worth noting that there is very little ideological diversity among the Democrats. All 10 of just them raised their hands in favor of giving illegal immigrants free healthcare. All of them support late-term abortion as well.
But the 2016 GOP field had great ideological diversity. There was Ted Cruz, a constitutional conservative. There was Rand Paul, a libertarian. John Kasich was in the center right. And there was Donald Trump, who had his very own unique policy agenda.
Diversity is about much more than gender and skin color. If you’re looking for the kind of diversity that truly allows you to be yourself and values you as an individual, you won’t find it on the Left.
