Jen Psaki Alleges Republicans Are Trying to ‘Recruit’ Muslims Against ‘Transgender People’
MSNBC host Jen Psaki alleged during her show “Inside with Jen Psaki” that the Republican Party is “trying to recruit” Muslims against transgender people. During her segment , the former White House press secretary…
MSNBC host Jen Psaki alleged during her show “Inside with Jen Psaki” that the Republican Party is “trying to recruit” Muslims against Transgender people.
During her segment, the former White House press secretary claimed the strategy to turn minority groups against each other was from an “old GOP playbook.” Psaki claimed this move came from former President Richard Nixon’s “infamous southern strategy.”
This move, Psaki said, was used during Nixon’s “campaign for president in 1968,” in an attempt to win the votes of “white Southerners” who may have otherwise voted for Democratic politicians. The GOP played “to their fears of African Americans and the civil rights movements,” said Psaki.
“The GOP is trying to recruit Muslim Americans, a community that makes up less than 2% of the U.S. population, against another tiny marginalized group of Americans,