Harrop: We should vote on ideas
Commentator Ali Velshi of MS NOW was not alone in complaining that women are “underrepresented” in Congress. It is true that women account for 51 percent of the U.S. population but only 29 percent of the House members.
Basing the notion of fair representation on racial, gender or ethnic identity needs to be put in a folder — a paper folder stored in a dusty steel file cabinet. Most of us have additional identities — as electricians, teachers, environmentalists, grandparents, bus drivers, stock investors, union members.
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