Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Harris said on Tuesday she believes the 'pundits' have it wrong about the electability of women in the race.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Tuesday she believes the"pundits" have it wrong about the electability of women in the race.
"Every office that I've run for, in particular, running for district attorney and then running for attorney general, no one like me had ever done the job based on gender, based on race," Harris, a Democratic senator from California, told MSNBC's"Andrea Mitchell Reports.""And the pundits, for the most part, each time I ran said it was impossible, it can't happen, people aren't ready for it. And I won.
She added:"I will say that I think voters are smarter than perhaps pundits sometimes give them credit for. I think voters are able to distinguish who can best to do the job at this moment, and they are able to overlook who has traditionally done the job in favor of who should do the job."The 2020 race on the Democratic side has one of the most diverse field of candidates, with six women competing to become the party's nominee.
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