"The President’s behavior towards me made me wonder: What did he have to gain by saying such a thing about a fellow Republican? It was not really about asking him to do more, was it? Or was it something else? … However, this gave me a clear vision of his world as it is. No real relationships, just convenient transactions. That is an insufficient way to implement sincere service and policy. This election experience and these comments shines a spotlight on the problems Washington politicians have with minorities and black Americans – it’s transactional, it’s not personal. … You see, we feel like politicians claim they know what’s best for us from a safe distance, yet they’re never willing to take us home. Because Republicans never take minority communities into their home and citizens into their homes and into their hearts, they stay with Democrats and bureaucrats in Washington because they do take them home — or at least make them feel like they have a home."
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Responding to comments by Donald Trump about her, in concession speech remarks ending her 2018 congressional race, as quoted in "Mia Love slams Trump in concession speech: 'No real relationships, just convenient transactions'" by Devan Cole, CNN (26 November 2018)
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Mia Love
Ludmya Bourdeau "Mia" Love (née Bourdeau; 6 December 1975 – 23 March 2025) was an American political commentator and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A Haitian American, she was the first black person elected to Congress from Utah and the first black woman elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican
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