I’m not going to do a full update of the chart now, but a few days ago Trump directly addressed Ilhan Omar with a grotesque Islamophobic attack. This represents somewhat of a litmus test for Democratic candidates on how to respond.
Some people are reading a bit too much into the responses: I don’t believe in parsing every single word or counting seconds until tweet. However, by this point in time, I think it’s fair to start roughly ranking the candidates. So that’s what I’ll do.
Decent-to-Good responses:
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth WarrenÂ
Jay Inslee
Julián Castro
John Hickenlooper
Kamala Harris
Beto O’Rourke
Pete Buttigieg
Cory Booker
Marianne Williamson
Andrew Yang
Bad, Equivocating, Mealy-mouthed Responses:
Amy Klobuchar
Kirsten Gillibrand
No Response:
Tulsi “I HATE MUSLIMS” Gabbard
Joe Biden
John DelaneyÂ
