Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
The South Carolina Republican congressman's appointment to the Senate is less a win for diversity than for Tea Party orthodoxyWhen South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appoints Representative Tim Scott to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy made by the departing Jim DeMint, it will have been 32 years since another black Republican took a seat there.This seems like more of a cause for shame than celebration "“ and not just for the Republican party, but for Democrats, as well: only five other black men, and one black woman, have ever held office in the nation's...
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