There are so many things wrong with this, including:
1. Who the heck cares what color, gender, orientation, etc. a person is? All I care about is whether they can do the job. He or she could be a green, gay, disabled son of an immigrant and I wouldn't care, so long as they are competent.
2. Democrats don't want a straight white male as their nominee, but the two leading contenders in this poll are straight white males.
3. Inslee is apparently not smart enough to figure out that he is being discriminated against for a being a straight white male.
Inslee: I Have ‘Humility About Being a Straight White Male’BY: Andrew Kugle
March 10, 2019
Washington governor and 2020 candidate Jay Inslee (D.) said on Sunday he thinks he has humility about being a straight white male, saying he recognizes the advantages he's received as a result of that identity.
"Our new CNN/Des Moines Register poll shows only 38 percent of likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa say they would be satisfied with a straight white male nominee," CNN anchor Jake Tapper said. "So why are you as a straight white male the right person to lead the Democratic party if there's so much skepticism from Democrats in Iowa?"
"I think I have a humility about being a straight white male that I have never experienced discrimination like so many do. I've never been pulled over as an African-American teenager by an officer driving through a white neighborhood. I've never been a woman talked over in a meeting," Inslee responded.
The 2020 candidate, who announced his candidacy March 1, said because he hasn't faced discrimination in the same way, he approaches governance with humility.
"That's why I've been so dedicated to a 25-year public career of advancing justice in our society, of making sure that we have as much diversity as possible in the 2,000 people I've appointed—and we have done really well in that regard—of making sure the people work with me have to go through bias training so they understand how implicit bias can really discriminate, doing criminal justice reform," he said.
The latest CNN/Des Moines Register poll also showed two straight white males leading the Democratic primary. Former Vice President Joe Biden leads with 27 percent and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) is second with 25 percent.
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New Iowa Poll: @DMRegister / CNN
Biden 27%
Sanders 25%
Warren 9%
Harris 7%
O’Rourke 5%
Booker 3%
Klobuchar 3%
Castro 1%
Bennet 1%
Buttigieg 1%
Bullock 1%
Delaney 1%
Inslee 1%https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2019/03/10/election-2020-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-harris-warren-democrats-iowa-caucuses-poll-president-caucus/3098982002/ …
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Iowa Poll: Not even in the race, Joe Biden leads herd of Democrats; Bernie Sanders close behind
Bernie Sanders, who announced his 2020 campaign recently, is a close second in Iowa's preferences in poll of likely Democratic caucusgoers conducted March 3-6.
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"During my time in office I've been very, very committed to making this more just, open and tolerant society. That's one of the reasons Washington is so successful," Inslee added.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/inslee-i-have-humility-about-being-a-straight-white-male/
