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The death of inclusion

The death of inclusion

It has been almost a week, but a line from Marco Rubio's concession speech keeps echoing in my mind: "[We've run] a campaign to be a president that would love all of the American people, even the ones that don't love you back." This isn't a requiem for Rubio's campaign, but when he left the race we may have lost our last hope of a candidate whose focal point in campaigning was inclusion.

It has been almost a week, but a line from Marco Rubio's concession speech keeps echoing in my mind: "[We've run] a campaign to be a president that would love all of the American people, even the ones that don't love you back." This isn't a requiem for Rubio's campaign, but when he left the race we may have lost our last hope of a candidate whose focal point in campaigning was inclusion.…