Why ‘responsible’ liberals coddle the irresponsible

It began with The New York Times’s long-time opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof posting on the X app: “I disagree with @LauraLoomer on 1,000 things, but I admire her willingness to rethink Ukraine and go there. One of the things we pundits aren’t good at is admitting when we’re wrong — let alone seeking out information that contradicts our priors. She has courage to do just that.” This is Laura Loomer we’re talking about, though, not some pundit across the aisle with whom Kristof simply “disagree[s].” She’s the 33-year-old self-styled investigative journalist who, through a combination of incendiary rhetoric and a close relationship with President Trump, successfully polices the MAGA movement. Understandably, she is — or at least, used to be — a long-time enemy of the mainstream establishm