“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough painstakingly read out New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd’s entire editorial on how “identity politics” killed the Democratic 2024 election bid.
Dowd’s piece, “Democrats and the Case of Mistaken Identity Politics,” was published in Saturday’s edition but was read in full on Monday’s Morning Joe show in a segment that lasted almost 10 minutes.
In her column, Dowd slammed the Democratic Party’s laser focus on wokism, which is shorthand for “identity politics,” arguing it alienated key voter groups and contributed to recent election losses, including former President Donald Trump’s landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The party embraced a worldview of hyper-political correctness, condescension and cancellation, and it supported diversity statements for job applicants and faculty lounge terminology like “Latinx,” and “BIPOC” (Black, Indigenous, People of Color),” Dowd wrote.
“This alienated half the country, or more. And the chaos and antisemitism at many college campuses certainly didn’t help,” she added.
While Trump attracted a diverse coalition, Dowd explained that Democrats’ perceived elitism, political correctness, and identity-focused language drove many away. MORE AT Morning Joe' crew reads NY Times column ripping 'woke' politics
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