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.”
Pace’s erroneous description of the Republican contenders echoed that of Hillary Clinton, who on Sunday declared: “Those guys on the other side, and by the way they are all guys last time I checked – Oh no. There is one woman. There’s one woman. Sorry, I forgot.”
The American Spectator fact-checked Clinton’s failed attack:
Age
The oldest GOP candidate is Donald Trump, at 69. He is the oldest of the Republicans by four years, followed by Rick Perry at 65. The oldest Democrat candidate is Bernie Sanders, at 73. He is the oldest of the Democrats by four years, as well. Sanders is followed by Jim Webb, who is 69, the same age as the oldest GOP candidate.
Hillary is 67 and Carly Fiorina is 60.
Ethnicity
Of all the candidates running in the GOP candidates Ben Carson is African-American, and Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both are Cuban-American. The Democrats only boast white candidates.
Gender
And last but not least, EACH SIDE has a woman candidate.
