Although he appears as the ostensible voice from the right on the PBS News Hour’s Friday evening political discussion, New York Times columnist David Brooks is no one’s idea of a hard-core conservative. He said “I love Joe Biden” before criticizing Biden’s angry speech on Night One of the Democratic National Convention, after previously stating “I do think Donald Trump is actually a threat to democracy.”
Yet Brooks did manage to puncture at least one of the gassy feminist balloons blown up by his colleagues in the booth in Chicago in the 10 pm hour, during the long wait before Joe Biden’s speech.
Anchor Amna Nawaz heralded the puffery to come.
Amna Nawaz: Judy, reflect on that moment when Hillary Clinton came out, because we saw Vice President Harris come out earlier and the room absolutely erupted. It was a sustained standing ovation for…
