Syndicated columnist, in Washington Post on Tuesdays and Fridays. Focus on politics, culture, global health, religion, foreign policy.
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Joined February 2009
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Michael Gerson retweeted
When this strange and troubled period in American history is studied, there will be a handful of writers who will be required reading. @MJGerson will be one.
Some thoughts on the depth and persistence of Republican racism. And the permission for prejudice given by MAGA leaders. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Michael Gerson retweeted
TY @MJGerson for naming what so many others want to ignore or dismiss: the dangerous, evil racism that has shaped US history & shoots through today’s @GOP. Silence now is complicity. Grateful for you speaking out forcefully & continually. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Some thoughts on the depth and persistence of Republican racism. And the permission for prejudice given by MAGA leaders. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Michael Gerson retweeted
Another great column from @MJGerson
“In MAGA world, the incitement of white grievance is the strategy. Such appeals are inseparable from racism. And they reopen a wound that nearly killed the patient before. It is politics at its most pernicious.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Michael Gerson retweeted
🧵One of the things I appreciate about @MJGerson as a columnist is his willingness to be candid about the way his thinking has shifted over time—as he is in this @PostOpinions op-ed.
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Opinion | I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. MAGA Republicans proved me wrong. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
“In MAGA world, the incitement of white grievance is the strategy. Such appeals are inseparable from racism. And they reopen a wound that nearly killed the patient before. It is politics at its most pernicious.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
“Even using the language and argumentation of the playground, Trump does his damage. He implies that the institutions of American government are and should be White dominated… He encourages the idea that minorities are aggressors against Whites.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. MAGA Republicans proved me wrong. - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Michael Gerson retweeted
Pitch-perfect tribute to science, truth and Anthony Fauci from @MJGerson. We @holy_cross alumni are so inspired by him.
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Michael Gerson retweeted
The MAGA faithful’s resentments, malevolence and violence are a form of moral ruin, @MJGerson writes.
So why have so many American evangelicals signed on? wapo.st/3TaasUQ
“This is not the kind of reputation to be dented by political attacks or internet rumors. It is a legacy praised each day by the chorus of millions of breaths that would otherwise be silent. A vast chorus of the nearly lost.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Why Anthony Fauci is the greatest public servant I have known washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
“This is not the kind of reputation to be dented by political attacks or internet rumors. It is a legacy praised each day by the chorus of millions of breaths that would otherwise be silent. A vast chorus of the nearly lost.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
“Fauci is a symbol of sorts. He demonstrates what can happen when a nation at the height of its power employs the finest scientific minds of their generation to the pursuit of public health goals few believed were possible.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
“Fauci is not only a symbol of public health orthodoxy; he has done as much as any scientist to turn medical innovation into humanitarian progress.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
“Paul has found an audience among ideologues who demonstrate their fidelity by taking some extra poison in their pudding.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Why Anthony Fauci is the greatest public servant I have known - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Michael Gerson retweeted
“It has been said that when you choose your community, you choose your character. Strangely, evangelicals have broadly chosen the company of Trump supporters who deny any role for character in politics and define any useful villainy as virtue.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Michael Gerson retweeted
.@RonDeSantisFL often reminds me of the high school bully who gleefully throws the weak kids against the lockers to get a laugh from his posse.
I wonder how the Venezuelan community in Florida feels about the way he used and abused those men, women and children this week?