Monday, November 23, 2020

Biden Apologists Are "Wokewashing' His Awful Team

 

Rania, Brie and Katie talk how Biden, his political allies and his New York Times stenographers "wokewashing" his staffing decisions and in the case of Cedric Richmond, cynically weaponizing identity politics to support someone whose policies are not only bad for the climate but racist. Rania Khalek (https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek) is a journalist; a producer and host at Soapbox (https://raniakhalek.com/tag/soapbox/); cohost at Unauthorized Disclosure (https://twitter.com/UnauthorizedDis). Rania also occasionally writes for The Grayzone (https://twitter.com/TheGrayzoneNews). Briahna Joy Gray (https://twitter.com/briebriejoy) is an attorney, writer, and political commentator who recently served as National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. She has a new podcast, "Bad Faith," (https://twitter.com/badfaithpod) with Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House, and has returned to her role as a contributing editor for "Current Affairs" (https://twitter.com/curaffairs). Follow Brie at https://twitter.com/briebriejoy Please support The Katie Halper Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpe... Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps