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“Why the ‘Wokest’ Candidates Are the Weakest.”

“Why the ‘Wokest’ Candidates Are the Weakest.”

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Dec 07, 2019
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New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie mildly chided me this week in his piece, titled “Why the ‘Wokest’ Candidates Are the Weakest.”

Pointing to a column I wrote back in April, warning Democrats that they were too “woke” for their own electoral good, Bouie writes: “If this were actually true, you would expect real traction for the wokest candidates i…

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