Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
What Just Happened?
“What bothers me about James Carville’s remarks is that he’s glib about the fight for racial equality or full equality for all our citizens. I understand what James is trying to say, but I think it’s just a false equation. But he did win some elections back in the ’90s.”
— Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), quoted by the New York Times, pushing back on Carville’s claim that “stupid wokeness” is to blame for Democratic losses in last week’s elections.
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