Actually, Conversations Are Bad
Listen closely and you’ll hear many 2020 candidates offer the same dodge to different issues.
by McKay Coppins
Jul 02, 2019
3 minutes
We need to have a conversation in this country about soul-deadening political clichés.
If you’ve spent any time following the early stages of the 2020 presidential race, you’ve likely heard a politician call for a “conversation” about one issue or another. It is the catchall cop-out of this campaign season, and it’s been deployed in response to all manner of weighty policy questions.
What should be done with U.S. troops in Syria? Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas would like to “a debate, a discussion, a national conversation” on as “a perfect point from which to start a conversation.”
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