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The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was harshly critical of my response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an article in Vanity Fair, he suggested I was whitewashing Kirk’s legacy, comparing it to the whitewashing of the Southern cause after the Civil War. So I wanted to have Coates on the show to talk out our disagreement, as well as some deeper questions that I think exist underneath it about the work of politics. What should the left do about the fact that so many Americans share Kirk’s views? What kinds of disagreements should we try to bridge? When is that work moral and necessary, and when is it a betrayal? 0:00 Intro 2:07 Why Coates wrote the piece 10:07 Why is the left losing right now? 24:14 The stakes of losing right now 29:09 "Not at the expense of my neighbor's humanity" 36:14 What if you don't get to draw the line? 49:37 The work of politics 1:09:41 Book recommendations Read the full transcript here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ta-nehisi-coat
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The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was harshly critical of my response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an article in Vanity Fair, he suggested I was whitewashing Kirk’s legacy, comparing it to the whitewashing of the Southern cause after the Civil War. So I wanted to have Coates on
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