House Republican Rips ‘DEI Hire’ Kamala Harris: ‘What About White Females?’

CNN’s Manu Raju interviewed Republican Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN) on Monday and asked the hardline conservative if he believed Vice President Kamala Harris was a “DEI hire.”

“Biden said, first off, he said he’s going to hire a black female for vice president and that not… Just skipped over. What about what about white females? What about any other group? It just when you go down that route, if you take mediocrity and that’s what they have right now as a vice president,” Burchett said when asked to respond to Harris possibly succeeding President Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket.

“Are you suggesting she was a DEI hire?” Raju followed up, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion” programs.

“One hundred percent, she was a DEI hire. He said he was going to hire… And then and she didn’t… Her record is abysmal at best,” Burchett replied.

“We know that, as a former prosecutor, she can prosecute the case against a convicted felon and make the case to the American people that, she is really primed and ready to take over as the leader of our country,” said another member Raju interviewed on Capitol Hill Monday.

“And that last congressman, Congressman Dan Goldman, a Democrat from New York, expressing what a lot of other Democrats are saying, they believe that she can draw a sharper contrast with Donald Trump than Joe Biden was able to,” Raju added to his report, concluding:

Also, to bolster key parts of the Democratic coalition that was frankly struggling, that Joe Biden was struggling to put back together again, whether it was minority voters, young voters and the like. Perhaps Harris can do that. But what does she do to vulnerable Democrats in key districts in key states? Another key question for Democratic leaders as they assess this huge change to the top of the ticket, and what it means for their efforts to keep control of the Senate and take back the House.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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