Tlaib, Omar, Doggett, and Lewis could be said to represent islands of blue in seas of red.īut Weisman’s good point does not come across, partly because the left has demonized any attacks on “The Squad” as racist, but also partly because Weisman chose Lewis - beloved as a Civil Rights hero - as an example. In areas like the Midwest, the Deep South, and Texas, rural areas carry a state’s electoral votes - and often other state-wide elections. Weisman was clearly trying to make a political point about the differences between representing a liberal urban area and representing a typically conservative rural area. What was a Deputy Editor at the New York Times, doing when John Lewis was being beaten, imprisoned, and threatened in the Deep South? /dYL0tEBsoO To this, Weisman replied, “Saying (D-Detroit) and (D-Minneapolis) are from the Midwest is like saying (D-Austin) is from Texas or (D-Atlanta) is from the Deep South. tkFtRoI0W7ĪOC Accuses New York Times of Abetting ‘White Supremacy’ “Free stuff from the government does not play well in the Midwest.” -Claire McCaskillĢ) Medicare and Social Security are both technically “free stuff” and they play very well. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) are from the Midwest, and that “Medicare and Social Security are both technically ‘free stuff’ and they play very well.” In explaining her loss to Josh Hawley, McCaskill said, “Free stuff from the government does not play well in the Midwest.”Īttempting to defeat McCaskill’s argument, Shahid argued that Reps. Weisman, who wrote a book rightly condemning the alt-right and wrongly condemning the Trump administration for supporting anti-Semitism, drew the ire of the left by accusing various Congressmen of not truly representing their districts.įirst, he responded to Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid, who attempted to shoot down former Sen.
We don’t typically discuss personnel matters but we’re doing so in this instance with Jonathan’s knowledge.” “As a consequence of his actions, he has been demoted and will no longer be overseeing the team that covers Congress or be active on social media. “Jonathan Weisman met with today and apologized for his recent serious lapses in judgment,” the newspaper announced in a statement.