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riversedge

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Wed Jul 13, 2016, 08:47 PM Jul 2016

Priebus: Trump’s male, white VP options are diverse



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Priebus: Trump’s male, white VP options are diverse

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Posted by Alan | July 13, 2016 19:04 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics


RNC Chair Reince Priebus is defending his view that Donald Trump has a diverse group among his possible VP picks.

In an interview Wednesday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer questioned Priebus about previous comments he made hoping Trump’s veep hopefuls would be “diverse.” When Blitzer asked him if he was disappointed that no people of color or women made the cut, Priebus said that is not what diversity means to Trump.

“Well, I know that all of those things are on the table and I think it also comes down to who he thinks is most compatible, and who would be best for our country,” Priebus said. “There is also diversity of experience, and sometimes something that would be beneficial that I think he is also looking at. He has been pretty clear that having experience in matters in both governing in Washington and your state as an executive, he talked about foreign policy experience as another issue to be thought about and discussed. So diversity from Donald Trump as an outsider, a successful businessman, is these choices that he is looking at.”

Blitzer followed up to see if this was the type of diversity Priebus had in mind when he made his comments and Priebus doubled down on the comments......................
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Priebus: Trump’s male, white VP options are diverse (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2016 OP
Priebus is a dick--hope the GOP loses the presidency, house, senate & state races book_worm Jul 2016 #1
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