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How Team Trump Is Attacking Identity Politics While Using It At The Same Time

A look at the Trump administration's attitudes toward and policies on identity.

Episode 216 of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "How Team Trump Is Attacking Identity Politics While Using It At The Same Time" was published on February 19, 2025 and runs 29 minutes.

February 19, 2025 ·29m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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A look at the Trump administration's attitudes toward and policies on identity.

On today's show: Robert P. Jones, president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future (Simon & Schuster, 2023); Ryan Burge, associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, research director for Faith Counts, and the author of The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going (Fortress Press, 2021); and Konstantin Toropin, Military.com's Pentagon correspondent, discuss the overlap and contradictions in the Trump administration's policies toward identity and religious affiliation.

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