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Mia Love: Race, Gender Don’t Matter In Campaign

Posted: September 1, 2012

Mia Love is getting a lot of, well, love from the Republican party after her rousing speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention (RNC). Love didn’t have a whole lot of time on stage, but, in what little time she had, she drew cheers, claps, ovations, and even a chant of “U-S-A” to top it all off.

“The America I know is grounded in the determination found in patriots and pioneers, in small business owners with big ideas, in the farmers who work in the beauty of our landscape, in our heroic military and Olympians,” Love said during her speech on Tuesday. “It’s in every child who looks at the seemingly impossible and says, ‘I can do that.’ That is the America I know!”

“President Obama’s version of America is a divided one — pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.”

Love, who became the first black woman to become mayor in Utah, has become something of a star among Republicans, Tea Partiers included. The mayor currently has her sights set on the Congress, and, if she manages to best Democrat Jim Matheson in the November elections, she’ll also become the first black Republican woman to hold a seat in Congress.

Love, however, doesn’t think her race — or her gender for that matter — won’t play a big part in the election. NBC, who interviewed Love, reports:

“But Love feels that her race won’t be a factor in her effort to become the Republican’s first African-American congresswoman, saying that her race and gender ‘doesn’t matter.’”



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2 Archived Responses to “ Mia Love: Race, Gender Don’t Matter In Campaign ”

  1. Ida Washington
    Sep 3, 2012

    Ms. Love, your race and gender matters, it's your identity, when they label you as first black… what does that mean? Be all you can be and don't become and invisible leader. Remember one drop rule, that has not changed in the 21st Century. sad to say it still has not changed. I am proud of you Mia Love for standing up for what you believe is the best position for power as a women. We need strong female politicians. Welcome to the boys club.

  2. Church State
    Sep 3, 2012

    Grant it, in 1979 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) – The Mormons did begin to allow black men to hold the priesthood in their church, but why did it take 30+ years for top LDS church leaders located in Utah (the headquarters of the LDS Church and host state of Romney's 2002 Winter Olympics), to update The Book of Mormon (the foundation of the teachings of the church) to reflect the change. In 2012 the changes was made – was the timing a coincidence or a convienence to influence the outcome of the Romney/Obama US Presidentail Election?