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WashPost Critic Robin Givhan Mocks Republican ‘God People’ for Trump

Robin Givhan As our Tim Graham observed back in 2020:

Washington Post scribe Robin Givhan is supposed to do fashion writing, but it’s always smarter to see her as a political columnist who uses fashion as an inspiration.”

In her current column, the closest senior critic at-large Givhan comes to fashion is to condescendingly describe Mark Robinson’s “well-fed physique draped in a so-so suit.”

But the thrust of her screed is purely political: mocking what she—five times—describes as the Christian “God people” who continue to support Robinson and Trump, despite the candidates’ shortcomings. 

The headline is “Mark Robinson’s campaign and faith without deeds, just vitriol.” The subheadline adds: “Is this really what Jesus would do?” Givhan loves Kamala Harris, but she’s a Washington Post Democrat, so she doesn’t ask how backing Harris lines up with Christianity.

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