{"id":2146877,"date":"2024-01-11T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-the-party-of-diversity-heres-proof\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:01:52","slug":"democrats-arent-the-party-of-diversity-heres-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-the-party-of-diversity-heres-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats lack diversity. Here&#8217;s evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-arent-the-party-of-diversity-heres-proof%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2146877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>&#8216;It&#8217;s unprecedented&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats\u2064 love to\u2064 describe themselves as\u200b a &#8220;party\u2064 of \u2063inclusion&#8221; that\u200b values diversity. Recent developments in Spanish politics suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Mar Galcer\u00e1n, \u200ba member of Spain&#8217;s conservative People&#8217;s Party, became the country&#8217;s first parliamentarian \u2064with Down&#8217;s syndrome after being \u200belected to \u2062the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merchant-of-death-viktor-bout-trades-prison-for-politics-after-return-to-russia\/\" title=\"'Arms Dealer' Viktor Bout swaps jail for politics upon returning to Russia.\">regional assembly<\/a> of Valencia [Balenthya] in\u2063 2023. &#8220;It&#8217;s unprecedented,&#8221; said\u200d Galcer\u00e1n,\u200c who\u200d joined \u200bthe conservative party at age 18, citing\u2062 its &#8220;embrace of tradition.&#8221; \u00a1Felicidades!<\/p>\n<p>Alas, we regret to \u2062inform \u200dyou \u2062there are precisely <em>zero<\/em> Democrats with Down&#8217;s syndrome or other intellectual disability\u200b currently serving in federally elected office,\u200b with the possible exception of President Joe Biden, whose cognitive health status\u2063 remains \u2062a \u2063source of widespread \u200cpublic \u200dconcern.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats need to\u2064 do\u200d better.\u200b In recent election \u2064cycles, for example, party leaders have repeatedly intervened to stop black\u200c candidates\u200d from winning Democratic primaries in key states. They\u200b have viciously attacked Clarence Thomas, the lone black\u2064 male \u200bjustice serving on the Supreme Court, as well\u2064 as \u2062Tim Scott, the historic \u200bU.S. senator who was vying to\u200d become the first \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coming-2-america-a-cult-classic-ruined-by-progressive-wokeness\/\" title=\"Coming 2 America: A Cult Classic Ruined By Progressive Wokeness\">black president<\/a> in American history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/courts\/beastmode-ivy-league-prof-blasts-woke-libs-for-uncle-tom-attacks-on-clarence-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BEASTMODE: Ivy League Prof\u200d Blasts \u2064Woke Libs for &#8216;Uncle Tom&#8217; Attacks\u2063 on Clarence Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the election of Mar Galcer\u00e1n as \u200bSpain&#8217;s first parliamentarian with Down&#8217;s syndrome\u200d highlight a potential\u2062 lack of diversity \u200dwithin \u2062the Democratic Party? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  It&#8217;s unprecedented<\/p>\n<p>Democrats love to \u200bdescribe themselves as a &#8220;party of inclusion&#8221; that values diversity. Recent developments\u200b in Spanish politics suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Mar Galcer\u00e1n, a member of Spain&#8217;s conservative \u2064People&#8217;s Party, \u200bbecame the country&#8217;s\u200d first parliamentarian with Down&#8217;s syndrome after being elected to the regional\u2063 assembly of Valencia [Balenthya] in 2023. &#8220;It&#8217;s\u200b unprecedented,&#8221; said Galcer\u00e1n,\u2064 who joined \u200bthe conservative party at age\u200d 18, citing\u2064 its &#8220;embrace \u2063of tradition.&#8221; \u00a1Felicidades!<\/p>\n<p>Alas, we regret \u2062to inform you there are precisely zero Democrats with Down&#8217;s syndrome or other intellectual disability currently serving in federally elected office, \u2063with\u2063 the possible exception of President \u200bJoe Biden, whose \u200dcognitive health status remains a \u200dsource\u200c of\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doocy-corners-kjp-into-telling-deflection-with-straightforward-extremism-question\/\" title=\"Doocy corners KJP with direct question on 'extremism'.\">widespread \u2063public concern<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats need to do\u2063 better. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumors-amp-up-around-potential-pompeo-2024-white-house-run\/\" title=\"Rumors Amp Up Around Potential Pompeo 2024 White House Run\">recent election cycles<\/a>, for example,\u2064 party leaders have repeatedly intervened to stop black candidates from winning Democratic \u2064primaries in key states. They have \u2064viciously attacked Clarence Thomas, the lone black male justice serving on\u200d the Supreme Court, as well\u2063 as Tim Scott, the historic U.S. senator who was vying to become the first black president in \u2064American history.<\/p>\n<p>BEASTMODE: \u200bIvy League Prof Blasts\u2062 Woke\u2062 Libs\u2063 for &#8216;Uncle Tom&#8217; \u200dAttacks \u200don Clarence Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats often claim to be a diverse and inclusive party, but recent events in Spanish politics challenge this notion. In 2023, Mar Galcer\u00e1n, a member of Spain&#8217;s conservative People&#8217;s Party, made history as the country&#8217;s first parliamentarian with Down&#8217;s syndrome. Galcer\u00e1n&#8217;s election to the regional assembly of Valencia [Balenthya] was described as &#8220;unprecedented<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2146878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2146878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}