AP’s Julie Pace Claims ‘Not Much Diversity’ in GOP Field, Gets Corrected

Kyle Drennen | July 31, 2015
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Talking to the latest Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race, former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore, on Fox News’s Special Report Thursday, Associated Press White House correspondent Julie Pace worried about the makeup of the GOP field: “If you look at the 17 Republican candidates right now, there's not much diversity in terms of gender and race. What does that say to the American public about diversity in the Republican Party and should that be a priority for the party to diversify?”

After Gilmore discussed his efforts to reach out to African-American voters in Virginia, anchor Bret Baier corrected Pace’s assertion: “And I just will point out that the Republican Party has the same number of women and one more African-American in the field than the Democratic Party.”

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