Elizabeth Warren, Obama/Trump Voters, Jamal Khashoggi: 3 Stories You Should Read 10/16/2018
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In the category of: Questions that matter.
I am a Native American. I have some questions for Elizabeth Warren
In the category of: No surprise here.
Hint: It has to do with race.
The study, from three political scientists from around the country, takes a statistical look at a large sample of Obama-Trump switchers. It finds that these voters tended to score highly on measures of racial hostility and xenophobia — and were not especially likely to be suffering economically.
“White voters with racially conservative or anti-immigrant attitudes switched votes to Trump at a higher rate than those with more liberal views on these issues,” the paper’s authors write. “We find little evidence that economic dislocation and marginality were significantly related to vote switching in 2016.”
In the category of: The Middle Eastern Suck Up Tour.
Mike Pompeo Looks Ready To Accept Saudi Arabia’s Spin On Jamal Khashoggi’s Fate
The secretary of state even thanked the Saudis for their “transparent” investigation into the journalist’s disappearance.
Per the official U.S. government account, Pompeo spent his time “thanking” the Saudi king for his country’s “strong partnership” with the United States. The two also discussed unspecified “regional and bilateral issues.” As for the death of Khashoggi, Pompeo only had gratitude there: “The Secretary also thanked the King for his commitment to supporting a thorough, transparent and timely investigation.”
All this comes on the heels of a phone call between President Trump and King Salman on Monday, in which the Saudis “firmly denied” any knowledge of what happened to the journalist. Trump appeared to accept that, telling reporters afterward that he thought “rogue killers” might be to blame.
Al Arabiya reports that Trump also used the call to “compliment” the Saudis for their cooperation with Turkey in the investigation. Khashoggi went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and has not been seen since.
The Saudis shifted their tone a bit late Monday, indicating that maybe they were in fact, responsible for what happened to Khashoggi’s death. They might be willing to say there was an interrogation, but his death was accidental.
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