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Keith Boykin

Opinion · politics, race and LGBTQ issues · @keithboykin on X

Author and commentator who served as a special assistant to President Clinton. Former CNN (2017-2022) and CNBC contributor.

Previously: CNN, CNBC, BET J, Clinton White House

Slant Score · ranked #119 of 175 from most left to most right
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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 (2)

Broke with own side · served the right · +1.6 R · Jan 14, 2022

Op-ed: Biden waited too long on voting rights

Boykin's Washington Post op-ed was headlined 'Biden waited too long to engage on voting rights. It'll cost him — and voters.'

Source: The Washington Post →
Partisan job · served the left · +1.5 L · Jan 1, 1988

Worked on Dukakis presidential campaign

Boykin worked on Michael Dukakis's 1987-88 Democratic presidential campaign.

Source: Wikipedia →
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