GOP woman running for House says social issues no longer matter

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She is in for a suprise (I hope)!!




GOP woman running for House says social issues no longer matter https://thinkprogress.org/house-candidat

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Jeff Fleischmann 🌊 @Philosocrat
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=> Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee (R-IL) decries "identity politics" while running on her own identity [&] contradicts claim soc. issues no longer matter “

Repro. health.., educ,.. climate — are things I feel some1 w/ a diff. background.. [brings] perspective others don’t.. currently.”

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Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee (R-IL) decries "identity politics" while running on her own identity.

https://thinkprogress.org/house-candidate-valerie-ramirez-mukherjee-women-can-be-republicans-social-issues-no-longer-matter-6ab562dbf3c3/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d67202e420dde0001e759d2&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter


Josh Israel
Aug 28, 2019, 9:47 am

House candidate Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee (R-IL) says women can vote Republican because social issues no longer matter. (CREDIT: Fox News screenshot)

A Republican congressional candidate went on Fox News Wednesday to highlight the large number of women from her party running in 2020. Her rationale: Women can now vote based on their fiscal conservatism because social issues are no longer a concern for anyone.

Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee (R) is running to challenge Rep. Brad Schneider (D) next November in the Illinois 10th Congressional District. With Republicans making up less than one-sixth of the record number of women serving in the 116th Congress, the GOP has been attempting to emphasize the women running in 2020 at various levels of government.

Despite the many polls showing women now increasingly and overwhelmingly leaning Democratic, Ramirez Mukherjee said on Wednesday that — after two and a half decades — women are no longer hiding their Republican views because social issues are no longer a factor.

“When I first got involved in politics at UC Berkeley, we went into hiding. Our country fought over social issues and that divided us as a country and as a party,” she said...........................................................