EPISODE · Apr 3, 2020 · 21 MIN
The Social Distance Culture War
from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios
Somehow, this pandemic has become partisan. We've been hearing from callers and other reporting that ardent supporters of President Trump have been making a point of breaking social distancing guidelines to try to paint the crisis as an inflation of the media and Trump's political opponents. On Today's Show:McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House (Little Brown, 2015), talks about how some Conservatives and Republicans are defying social distancing measures as a political act. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
What this episode covers
Somehow, this pandemic has become partisan. Today, McKay Coppins discusses why some conservatives and libertarians are making a show of flouting social distancing guidelines.
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