Tag Archives: New Republic

New Republic Faces Backlash Over Mayor Pete Hit Piece

The Hill reports: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) announced Saturday it pulled out of a climate forum hosted by The New Republic after the outlet posted an offensive piece about White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg. “The offensive piece by this author, and the choice to run it, are inconsistent with our values and LCV is withdrawing our participation in …

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New Republic Deletes Bizarre Hit Piece On Mayor Pete

Mediaite reports: Just hours after The New Republic posted a bizarre, acerbic, and definitely not satirical essay by gay novelist and critic Dale Peck about 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who is also gay, the magazine pulled down the piece and posted a short Editor’s Note in its place. Almost immediately after the essay’s publication, criticism began pouring in on …

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New Republic Ponders: Does Trump Have Syphilis?

Remember when “greatly trusted” Trump source Alex Jones diagnosed Hillary Clinton with Parkinson’s Disease? And how every teabagger site in the nation launched their own “Sick Hillary” medical claims? Keep that in mind when you read this admittedly far-fetched speculation from New Republic. An excerpt: The symptoms of neurosyphilis are protean, varying widely from one individual to another. Commonly recognized …

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