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Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Opinion · activism, policing and civil rights · @MsPackyetti on X

Activist and podcaster who co-founded Campaign Zero after the 2014 Ferguson protests and served on President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

Previously: Crooked Media (Pod Save the People), MSNBC (contributor), Teach For America, Campaign Zero

Slant Score · ranked #5 of 175 from most left to most right
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The receipts (4)

On-record statement · served the left · +1.6 L · Feb 1, 2022

Linked 'Make America Great Again' rhetoric to violence against Black people

On MSNBC she criticized MAGA rhetoric and Missouri self-defense legislation, calling the implications 'not hyperbole'; Mediaite headlined it as saying MAGA is code for wanting to harm Black people.

Source: Mediaite →
Partisan opinion role · served the left · +2.5 L · Jan 1, 2017

Co-host of Crooked Media's 'Pod Save the People'

Hosted the progressive network Crooked Media's activism podcast.

Source: Crooked Media →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.2 L · Jun 1, 2016

Endorsed Hillary Clinton for president

She endorsed Clinton, saying 'The best way I can use my platform is to support Secretary Clinton.'

Source: Elle →
Partisan job · served the left · +3.5 L · Dec 18, 2014

Named to Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

Packnett was appointed to the Obama administration's policing task force created in December 2014.

Source: The Washington Post →
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