Jonathan Capehart quits WaPo editorial board, leaving no people of color

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15. I read through the editorial that apparently created an issue. It seemed fairly innocuous to me.

I saw only two points that might have caused push back that would have prompted Mr. Capehart to resign.

Capehart said that, "despite hyperbolic warnings by President Biden and other Democrats that updated voting rules amounted to Jim Crow 2.0", which could be interpreted as a mild rebuke to Biden. It seems a very mild rebuke at worst.

He also discussed a DNC proposal to make Georgia an early primary state because it was more representative of the nation than Iowa. Could Iowans have complained that their feelings were hurt? He further said, "This is why WE applaud the Democratic National Committee’s move last week to make Georgia an early primary state", referring to the more representative idea. Did Capehart simply use the royal WE, but the Editorial Board took him to task because the WE could have been interpreted that the Editorial Board had "applauded" and not just him. Possibly the EB didn't agree or actually felt the change of dates was a bad idea. I find it difficult to tell from the context of that word construction what he meant.

Both of these two issues I would consider far too trivial to cause a rift between Capehart and the Post sufficient to prompt resignation. Maybe there is something here I am really missing. Maybe I am just so liberal I missed some other obvious misstep Mr. Capehart made.