The conservative Republican did an interview with The Daily Beast. Some excerpts:
On the GOP's insufficient outreach to minority voters: "'I think every single Republican should be concerned,' Watts says. 'And I
think for every single Republican, it’s not a time when we’re going to
abandon the party, but it is a time to say the party’s got some tough
decisions to make. We can’t keep relying on tired old models. After
Obama was elected, I had a guy tell me, ‘If they turn out the black
vote, we’ll just turn out more white votes.’ How silly is that?'"
On the lack of diversity within the Congressional Republican leadership: "Watts says he wasn’t surprised recently when Speaker of the House John Boehner — the
man he ousted as House Republican Conference Chairman back in 1998 when
the membership considered Boehner too squishy-moderate — announced a
roster of committee chairmen that was entirely populated (except for a
lone white woman) by pasty, middle-aged white guys. 'The
fact is, you’re not going to create diversity in the committee chairs
if you don’t create diversity in the grass roots,' he says.'"
J.C. Watts Goes In On GOP's Lack Of Racial Diversity
