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I dislike Bari the more I get to know her. I agree with quite a few of her positions, mainly the culture stuff on the left and the Middle East. She has such an obvious chip on her shoulder about the MSMs “obsession” with Trump, as if that’s a reason to not cover him, “because there’s no meat left on that bone” - so, yes please continue to critique this Democratic movement, there is no shortage of goods there. However it seems so blatantly obvious to me that there is no moral equivalency between Trump and Kamala, all of the Trump defenses are weak and completely ignore blatant lies, “we can see with our own eyes”, Bari. So, while I agree there’s no moral equivalency between Israel and Palestine, it should be equally obvious of this false sense of equivalency between current GOP and the Democratic Party. I’d go so far to say that a lot of the FP commentary suggests that the Democrats are actually more dangerous than the GOP, that Jan 6th wasn’t an insurrection, and that they can’t quite believe Trump is willing or able to insert loyalists to thousands of government positions. All because the MSM has been covering this? She needs some perspective.

But… I do continue to respect Bari for hosting guests like these on Honestly. The podcast continues to be my favorite part of the FP. I felt as though the arguments set forth against Trump and for Kamala are sincere, obvious, and compelling and importantly rooted in what Trump folks seem to be willing to ignore: a higher moral ground.

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