PHILADELPHIA — Malcolm Kenyatta asks a version of the same question in almost every campaign speech: "Do you want someone who says, 'Vote for me because you have no choice'? Or, 'Vote for me because I understand your life'?"
It's an implicit nod to voters who might see Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate race as a choice between the candidate they want and the one they think can win. Since entering the race one year ago, Kenyatta has been hounded by doubts about whether a Black, openly gay, 31-year-old state representative from North Philadelphia can win Pennsylvania.
His response? Absolutely — not in spite of who he is but because of it.
