Yeah I don't see the accusation. Just think you way overestimate this stuff. And even if I scoffed at Gillibrand, it wasn't due to being white. I also scoffed at the idea that a minority MUST be appointed in order to win the primary. Honestly I doubt even most minorities care about stuff like that, just Al Sharpton types.
And what great GOP candidate can beat a white Democrat in HI-01? The GOP bench throughout all of Hawaii is simply pathetic to put it mildly.
A military man could win. Hawaii has great loyalty to the military.
Maybe a nonwhite military man during a Republican administration.
Republicans can only win a seat like this if they're out of power. Having a GOP held House or a GOP President is a massive albatross on the neck of a GOP candidate in a district like this.