GOP Strategist To Sens: You Proud 2016 Win Hinges On Votes Of ‘White Guys?’
Donald Trump’s runaway support among white male voters has been well documented, but unfortunately for his campaign, winning a national election requires attracting voters from a broad swath of demographic groups.
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, Republican strategist Nicole Wallace asked Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AZ) and Sen. Tom Barrasso (R-WY) how they could address the party’s flagging numbers among women and minorities.
“We as a party are losing women by 23 points at the top of our ticket,” Wallace said. “Do you even want to win with just white men voting Republican? I'm embarrassed.”
“George W. Bush won with 40 percent of the Hispanic vote,” she went on. “He narrowed the gender gap to a historic level that we haven’t matched since 2004. Are you proud our path to victory is just to turn out more white guys?”
The two senators turned to each other and urged the other to speak first. Host Mika Brzezinski joked that the answer to Wallace’s question would be given by “two white guys.”
“Well bring in Joni Ernst, bring in Kelly Ayotte, bring in others, there are many people around the country—” Barasso replied, naming female Republican senators.
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