Opinion: No female politician should signal that the VP spot is good enough
In an image taken from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Feb. 5. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 22 at 10:30 AM Media reports are buzzing about the possibility that former vice president Joe Biden might announce a running mate — perhaps Stacey Abrams— early to boost his appeal.
With multiple women in the race for the Democratic nomination, no male candidate should be able to make the implicit argument that it is acceptable to bypass a woman for the top of the ticket — or that it’s less unacceptable because, hey, he’d give the second spot to a woman. If one thinks it’s time for a woman to serve, then vote for one.
I am not saying that, down the road, when the eventual nominee is considering a running mate, he shouldn’t consider a woman. He should certainly consider women, along with other candidates who respond to a felt need for diversity and who can ably serve. At that point, it’s not a way of deflecting votes for female presidential candidates. It would not be seen as an effort to mollify women inclined to vote for a female candidate.
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