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Eugene Robinson

Opinion · politics commentary · @Eugene_Robinson on X

Pulitzer-winning columnist who wrote for The Washington Post for decades and resigned in April 2025. He is chief political analyst for NBC News and MS NOW.

Previously: The Washington Post

Slant Score · ranked #16 of 175 from most left to most right
38 Left
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.

The receipts (3)

On-record statement · served the left · +1.6 L · Oct 8, 2021

Said 'the Republican Party needs to be crushed in an election'

On MSNBC's Morning Joe, discussing his Post column 'How dumb can a nation get and still survive?', Robinson said 'the Republican Party needs to be crushed in an election.'

Source: Raw Story →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.5 L · Dec 8, 2020

Called GOP officials 'cowards' and 'weasels'

On MSNBC, Robinson said of Republican officials who would not acknowledge Trump's 2020 loss: 'I think one word for them is cowards and another word is weasels.'

Source: Raw Story →
Partisan opinion role · served the left · +1.8 L · Apr 20, 2009

Liberal columnist and analyst

Robinson won the 2009 Pulitzer for Commentary for columns on Barack Obama's first campaign, and Wikipedia, citing Pew, describes him as a 'liberal' political analyst.

Source: Wikipedia (citing Pulitzer/Washington Post, Pew Research) →
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