Opinion: Stop asking candidates to pledge to name a female vice president
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren during an organizing event on May 3 in Ames, Iowa. By Helaine Olen Helaine Olen Opinion writer focusing on politics, economics and American life Bio Follow Opinion writer May 9 at 1:58 PM “Cory Booker says he will name a woman as his running mate. Will you make the same pledge?” ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Sen. Bernie Sanders when he appeared this past weekend on “This Week” Sunday.
Yes, I understand the query is well-meant. Women’s rage over Trump’s 2016 victory and his record in the White House is one of the main driving forces behind the resistance to his administration. It was the surprise success of the Women’s March that made it clear how many people were opposed to his administration from Day 1.
Yet despite all this female action and anger, two aged male septuagenarians are leading in most Democratic candidate polls while women such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Kamala D. Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand languish far below them. Moreover, this sort of pandering — and make no mistake, if this is how a woman gets on the presidential ticket, that’s what it is — doesn’t have a great history.
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