Renee Graham is an opinion columnist and associate editor at The Boston Globe, where she also writes the OUTTAKES newsletter. A columnist since 2016, she writes about racism and politics, alongside domestic violence and LGBTQ issues. Earlier in her Globe career, she covered music, film and television and wrote the pop-culture column Life in the Pop Lane. Her essays have appeared in books including Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy.
We have documented 2 statements by Renée Graham, in 2 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Boston Globe opinion columnist and associate editor
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Statement summary
Graham argues that Ramaswamy's closing ad telling voters to relax dismisses objections to his earlier ad and diminishes the abuse Acton survived.
“Deploying the word "relax" in response to objections to Ramaswamy's exploitation of a child's rape diminishes the horrors that Acton endured and has carried as a survivor.”
The reference point is the attack ad featuring Acton's mother. Graham calls it repulsive and grotesque and criticizes the later ad for brushing off objections to it.
Graham condemns the attacks as bigoted loyalty tests that divert El-Sayed from discussing affordability and his candidacy. She compares them with earlier demands aimed at John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama.
“Every moment that El-Sayed is forced to defend his religion is a distraction”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Graham criticizes religious loyalty tests aimed at El-SayedSigned October 29 Boston Globe column
Why we used this label
Graham expressly condemns the attacks and their effect.
Ramaswamy's campaign defends an ad in which Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar. Acton says Ramaswamy took advantage of her mother. Critics from both parties condemn the tactic, while Laura Loomer defends it.
Trump keeps calling Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed Mohammed and has called him a jihadist. Trump says El-Sayed's middle name is Mohammad; El-Sayed says Trump knows his name is Abdul and is attacking his faith.
