A list of puns related to "Christopher Rufo"
By Libby Emmons Brooklyn, NY June 24, 2021 8:07 AM 3 Mins Reading
Christopher Rufo was invited onto MSNBC's The Reid Out after having asked to debate the pundit on Twitter. The two have engaged in a back and forth both on social media and on air, as Reid has brought up Rufo's name as someone who is opposed to critical race theory without knowing the facts. Rufo got the chance to challenge that assertion on air Wednesday night.
Or at least that was the idea. Reid asked questions, then when Rufo tried to answer, interrupted him, corrected him, and accused him of falsehoods. She referred to his talking points, saying that people could "read them online," and that she wasn't interested in hearing his "Christopher Rufo theory."
Reid opened the segment by talking about "raucous school board meetings" which she said are "part of a national campaign by political operatives to eradicate curriculums on racial and other forms of equity, which, mind you, is not the same thing as critical race theory." Reid then brought on Rufo, asking him about his request for a debate, which she had previously referred to as "white man's demands." In introducing him to her show, she said he was "one of those operatives."
The two began with a cordial dialogue, showing that the greatest difference between online and in person discourse is basic manners. "You and I started out with a little bit of a Twitter beef," Reid said.
"I talked about you, I quoted you, in an article that one of our great journalists here at NBC had quoted you in a piece, and I quoted that on tv," Reid said. She was referring to an NBC article that asserted that "political operatives" have been encouraging parents to revolt against their local school boards.
In that article, authors Brandy Zadrozny, Tyler Kingkade, and Ben Collins cite 165 parents groups that have grown over the past year to take on everything from remote school, to masking restrictions, to critical race and gender theory, and they seem to think parental involvement and various levels of support is a bad thing. Rufo took issue with the way he and his ideas were dealt with in the article.
"And then you tweeted that you wanted to come on the show and said that I didn't have the courage to put you on. Now I will just note that Twitter is a hyperbole zone, so y'know, whatever, it's all water under the bridge, but I just want to get to a couple of little factual things: Why would I need courage to bring you on?" Reid asked Rufo. "Are you on like
... keep reading on reddit ➡I agree with Joy on everything... but the optics of this is just... shit.
Hope Destiny watches this.
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