CA-GOV: Harris gives California governor's race a serious look

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56. She would be elected if she ran. So what's your argument?

I don't think anyone in California believes she wouldn't practically be elected by acclaim in this state if she ran. She'd certainly win the primary.

I'm discussing my vote and my preference. And my preference is that I'd rather look at other options. And many of the people whose names have floated around are not male or not white. Anthony Villaraigosa, Betty Yee, Katie Porter, Eleni Kounalakis.

In fact, if we were taking odds, I think our next governor is more likely to be a woman.

You seem to be saying the only diversity that counts for you is if it is a Black woman. That other women or other ethnic minorities aren't diverse enough for your tastes.

Which is a little . . . weird. It's weird. It's a little . . . racist maybe? Particularly when you consider this state is a plurality Latino, and we haven't had a Latino governor in 150 years. Hell, we just got our first Latino senator in Alex Padilla.

Where's our AAPI representation? This state is three times more AAPI than Black (roughly 15% vs. 5% respectively).

I truly do not understand your argument. In a state as diverse as ours, and with so many Democratic options out there, you're making a very strange argument that unless the candidate is one specific identity, everyone's kind of being racist in some way.

It's an argument I find in itself racist. Sorry. It kind of is.