{"id":2369565,"date":"2024-11-15T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-jill-biden-spokesman-tells-democrats-to-drop-white-supremacist-name-calling-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T22:37:42","slug":"former-jill-biden-spokesman-tells-democrats-to-drop-white-supremacist-name-calling-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-jill-biden-spokesman-tells-democrats-to-drop-white-supremacist-name-calling-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Jill Biden spokesman tells Democrats to drop \u2018white supremacist\u2019 name calling &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-jill-biden-spokesman-tells-democrats-to-drop-white-supremacist-name-calling-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369565&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feminists-condemn-installation-of-marilyn-monroe-statue-as-misogynistic-claim-it-was-designed-to-look-at-her-crotch\/\" title=\"Feminists Condemn Installation Of Marilyn Monroe Statue As \u2018Misogynistic,\u2019 Claim It Was Designed \u2018To Look At Her Crotch\u2019\">recent commentary<\/a>, \u2064Michael LaRosa, a former spokesman \u2064for\u200c Jill \u2062Biden, argued that\u200d opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives should not be labeled\u2063 as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">white supremacist<\/a>.&#8221; \u2062LaRosa \u200dmade this statement in\u2062 response to an MSNBC \u200bguest who controversially called President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s Secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, a white supremacist \u2064for his stance \u2062against \u200dDEI in the military. He emphasized\u2063 that such labeling and hostility contribute to the Democratic \u200cParty&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent \u2064electoral defeats<\/a>, suggesting that internal divisions and demonization among party members have hindered \u200dtheir success. LaRosa&#8217;s\u2063 remarks reflect \u2063a growing concern within the\u2064 party after significant losses, including Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s defeat by Trump, prompting introspection and\u200d blame within Democratic ranks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Jill Biden spokesman tells Democrats to drop &lsquo;white supremacist&rsquo; name calling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1883058\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jill-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jill Biden<\/a> spokesman Michael LaRosa said in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">X<\/a> that opposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> initiatives &ldquo;does not make you a white supremacist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>LaRosa was responding to a <em>Mediatite<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/chris-hayes-issues-disclaimer-after-msnbc-guest-calls-trump-nominee-pete-hegseth-a-white-supremacist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">article<\/a> detailing how an MSNBC guest called President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth a white supremacist for opposing DEI in the military.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This s*** has to stop,&rdquo; LaRosa wrote. &ldquo;Opposing DEI initiatives does not make you a white supremacist. Conversations and demonization like this are a big part of the reason we got our asses kicked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party has had a reckoning since Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Trump by almost 100 electoral votes. It was also the first time Trump won the popular vote in any of his three runs.<\/p>\n<p>Since the election, Democrats have blamed each other in a variety of ways, with many turning their ire to President Joe Biden or toward various campaign tactics. Some say Democrats didn&rsquo;t relate well enough to the working class.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The answer to extremism is not more extremism,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Voices like this on the left are turning the Democratic Party into a joke. We&rsquo;ve got to knock it off and get serious guests who are going to diagnose politics, not make it worse. Name-calling, vilifying, and defaming nominees you oppose, even if there is very good reason to oppose them, represents everything the Democratic Party should be RUNNING away from.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s fight back with a strategy and tactics &hellip; not pointless, defamatory, and juvenile invective,&rdquo; LaRosa continued. &ldquo;We need to get serious people opining about policy and politics, not one-upping each other or competing for who can make the most provocative insult about a Trump nominee you oppose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Much of the Democratic Party has also turned its ire to Trump&rsquo;s first move as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a>: choosing who to nominate to his Cabinet. 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