On Fridayâs âPBS NewsHour,â Washington Post columnist and Deputy Editorial Page Editor Karen Tumulty said that Russiaâs âappallingâ detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich earlier in the week took place because Vladimir Putin âmade a calculationâ that Russiaâs detention of Brittney Griner âreally worked out in their favor. They released her, and they got a really bad guy
WaPo’s Tumulty: Russia Detained WSJ Reporter Because Putin Thinks Griner Swap ‘Really Worked out in Their Favor’
WaPo’s Rubin: Republicans Don’t ‘Want Good Things to Happen Even for Their Own People’
Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin said Friday on MSNBCâs âThe Last Wordâ that Republican lawmakers were ânot about governing.â She argued they did not âwant good things to happen even for their own people.â Guest host Ali Velshi said, âYou have to be against what the Trump base is against even if itâs not rooted…
WaPo’s Robinson: Trump Supporters ‘Need to Be Deprogrammed’
Tuesday, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Eugene Robinson referred to President Donald Trumpâs supporters as âmembers of a cultâ that he says need to be âreprogrammed.â Robinson, on âMorning Joe,â asked New York Times writer and 1619 Projectâ creator Nikole Hannah-Jones how to start and complete the âprocessâ of deprogramming the Trump supporters. â[T]he difference between…