Mia Love gives star-making speech at RNC; Left sees 'GOP token'

While the Left was busy #negrospotting at the Republican National Convention, conservatives were judging speakers by their words and by the content of their character. Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, is running for Utah’s fourth congressional district, but her standout speech had some wishing she’d reach higher.

Watching future president Mia Love on airport CNN. Astonishingly, no one seems stunned that a black woman is addressing the #rnc2012.

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 28, 2012

“My parents immigrated to the U.S. [from Haiti] with $10 in their pocket, believing that the America they had heard about really did exist,” Love told the crowd. “When times got tough they didn’t look to Washington, they looked within … So the America I came to know was centered in personal responsibility and filled with the American dream.”

https://twitter.com/kiradavis422/status/240596022773047296

Truly inspirational story from @MiaBLove, Utah’s next Congresswoman. We need her in Washington !

— Reince Priebus (@Reince) August 28, 2012

NBC said there were no #blackconservativesforRomney – @MiaBLove is a super example of what's right with conservatives #rnc2012 #cspanRNC

— ✭ Wayne Dupree ✭ (@WayneDupreeShow) August 28, 2012

https://twitter.com/ThomasRatPol/status/240595275696189440

Even the Left had to give Love props.

Mia Love is pretty good. Maybe the GOP should have put her on in prime time.

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 28, 2012

Well, not everyone was impressed by independent thought.

https://twitter.com/jeffihaza/status/240596085599531009

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I don't care what anyone says. Mia Love may be the next Republican star, but she's still a black woman and a traitor.

— ????? ??’???????? ???????? (@venusselenite) August 29, 2012

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Mia Love, this GOP token, is not just Republican, not just Mormon, but she's also Haitian, named Ludmya, and married to a white man.

— ??????‍?❤️Womanist Bae❤️??????‍? (@SisterGirlPhD) August 28, 2012

Look who else isn’t impressed:

I don't call Mia Love a rising GOP star. You have to win something first on the nat'l level. Media does the same to Dems. It's silly to me

— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) August 28, 2012

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Supporters are raising money on social media using the hashtag #lovebomb.