This isn't about checking off boxes. This is the arena of ideas, and it doesn't matter what color your ideas come from, if it's good, it's good.
Do you think the GOP went from "Well, he's a good speaker and is a bright up-up-and-comer, but our strategy is to be all White, so no" to checking minority boxes?
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