Looks like the rubes in Nevada picked a perfect replacement for Harry Reid. Democrat Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is now demanding that the country ‘mandate diversity’ or something.
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Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada made history last year when she was elected the first Latina member of the U.S. Senate. She’s now working to become less of a novelty.
Cortez Masto, who previously served as Nevada state attorney general, shared in a recent Women Rule interview with POLITICO editor Carrie Budoff Brown that she’s focused on improving the diversity in the Senate.
The freshman senator said she’s particularly interested in instituting diverse hiring practices and sees potential for change at the Senate staff level.
“We should be mandating diversity in our committees, mandating diversity in our hiring practices, mandating diversity throughout the United States Senate,” she tells Women Rule.
Eventually, Cortez Masto sees that turning into more minority voices in the Democratic Party: “Those individuals can go on to run for statewide office or a federal office at some point in time.”