Michael C. Bender

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Michael C. Bender @MichaelCBender

Many told me how dismay over the Covid response—reopening schools, mask mandates, vaccine requirements, etc.—spurred them to break from their party & vote against Gov. Murphy. Most refused to speak on the record—fearful of upsetting friends or being attacked on social media. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 10, 2022

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Michael C. Bender @MichaelCBender

This was one of the most challenging reporting assignments of my 20+ yrs covering politics: Spending the past two months talking to Democratic parents in New Jersey about the political implications of the pandemic. https://t.co/tH0IEcNWdH — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 10, 2022

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Michael C. Bender @MichaelCBender

Both major political parties, of course, have long employed purity tests. But when a parental act of prioritizing their family's needs over political partisanship is viewed as an act of betrayal, the intensity of that tribalism seems to have reached a new level entirely. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 10, 2022