Analysis: Responses to liberal freshman lawmakers send a message to the Americans they represent
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 16 at 6:30 AM The 2018 midterm elections brought in the most diverse congressional body in history on the Democratic side of the aisle. But the response to that diversity from some key political leaders might be sending some Americans a message that there are limits to the amount of tolerance for ideological diversity — even on the left.
“They are trying to demagogue into silence someone who is an outspoken resister of the use of 9/11 for discriminatory purposes and a vocal advocate for the rights of U.S. Muslims,” he wrote. “The clipped video itself proves the point — it actively does this, by only quoting the supposed trivializing of 9/11 and leaving out that advocacy.
In a “60 Minutes” interview with CBS News’s Lesley Stahl, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to dismiss members of the more liberal wing of her party.
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