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Many in the media and on the left obsess over descriptive representation, the idea that the demographics of Congress should closely mirror the demographics of American society; specifically focusing on race and gender.   According to descriptive representation, Congress should have a much higher proportion of African-Americans, Hispanics and women and a much lower proportion of men and lawyers.   No politician has taken the idea of descriptive representation to the extreme more than left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who sought a 50-50 balance of men and women when putting his cabinet together.      The Democrats will certainly tout the “diversity” of their candidates as they seek to take control of both houses of Congress.   The Democrats and the media have already obsessed over the large number of female Democratic candidates that they think will ride a “pink wave” accompanying the “blue wave” that will sweep the Democrats back into po...

It seems as if liberals have developed an unhealthy obsession with diversity.   If The Left was a male and Diversity was a female, Diversity would have filed a restraining order against The Left a long time ago.   Just look at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.   He made sure that his cabinet consisted of an equal balance of men and women.   This comes off as a little extreme.   Shouldn’t it be the ultimate goal to fill the cabinet with the most qualified people, regardless of their gender?   Has the idea of meritocracy gone the way of the dinosaurs?             The left has little respect for diversity of opinion.   In fact, they do everything they can to push for ideological uniformity.   Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk correctly pointed out that “College has become a place where they want everyone to look different, but think the same.”   Just ask Bret Weinstein, a self-described liber...