Progressives Couldn’t Resist Making the Speaker’s Race about Race

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Rep. Byron Donalds (R., Fla.) speaks to reporters after his candidacy for Speaker of the House came to an end the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2023.

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Welcome back to Forgotten Fact Checks, a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week, we unpack the racial tropes deployed during the speakership race, recap a misled response to an NFL tragedy, and hit more media misses.

Race and the Race for Speaker

Brittany Bernstein

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Brittany Bernstein

Brittany Bernstein is the deputy news editor of National Review Online.

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