Tag: Jonathan Chait

Ed: Yeah. Jon: I made this point in my piece — he IS taking a political risk. Trump is all about politics. Eric: Yeah, that’s what’s most striking to me about the whole thing. Ed: Yeah. Eric: Ed: Well, evil is a possibility here, too. Eric: Right. Jon: I think we learned that Trump is less interested in, or capable of, obscuring his ties to Russia and Putin than most of us thought. Ezekiel: Yeah. Jon: Let me pull back and offer this observation.

New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait lays out the most extreme possibility of Trump-Russia collusion: that Trump has been a Russian intelligence asset since 1987. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily…

In his most recent piece for New York magazine, columnist Jonathan Chait argues that Sens. But Chait brings one new claim to the mix: that female victimhood is a particular currency on the political left that could make a candidate popular among progressives, even as it makes her appear unpresidential to everyone else. Chait assigns similar blame to Gillibrand for a recent GQ profile that touched on her fight against sexual harassment in Congress. Chait writes that “much of the story” hews to the theme of sexual harassment, including Gillibrand’s own experiences as a target of such harassment. But less than a quarter of the GQ piece actually relates to Gillibrand and harassment, and much of it focuses on her moves to hold Sen. Al Franken accountable for his alleged sexual harassment and her legislative efforts to reform sexual harassment and assault policy. Chait argues that discussing a woman in relation to harassment—as a person men do things to—strips her of agency, making it hard to envision her as a possible president. These statements serve a dual purpose: to convince working-class voters that politicians understand their struggles, and to position the candidates as people who overcame obstacles to achieve success. To the extent that Gillibrand and Harris actually talk about getting interrupted and sexually harassed on the job, it’s not to complain or seek pity. Nevertheless, she persisted,” McConnell said. It’s there in the stories of Gillibrand and Harris too.

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