hair. it says bosom. which is what the word is translated to. hijab not just a hair covering. hijab being the way you act with people. the way you decide to wear the hijab is cultural, as opposed to a religious interpretation. it s a choice at the end of the day. i feel like now is the time more than ever to go out there and make it normal for making people see someone wearing a hijab and accept it. would you describe yourself as a feminist? absolutely. the greatest symbol of feminism in this country is we allow women to do what they want to do, not what american women want them to do. i certainly agree with you and hear what you re saying. i know i have a lot of lefty friends who think you need to be liberated from the head scarf. also there is a narrative there is a double standard. muslim women have to cover up but there is nothing in the qur an saying men have to cover up. a lot of men to do it to that step and do cover more. that s how it is. she is right. many devout
hair. it says bosom. a sign of modesty. hijab not just a hair covering. it s the way you act with people. the way you decide to where the hijab is cultural, as opposed to a religious interpretation. i feel like now is the time more than ever to go out there and make it normal for making people see someone wearing a hijab and accept it. would you describe yourself as a feminist? absolutely. we allow women to do what they want to do, not what american women want them to do. i certainly agree with you and hear what you re saying. i didn t know i have a lot of lefty friends who think you need to be liberated from the head scarf. also there is a narrative there is a double standard. muslim women have to cover up but there is nothing in the qur an saying men have to cover up. men do take that step and cover more. that s how it is. she is right. many devout muslim men do wear
bankers, hedge funds. she was making a populist pitch. people didn t hear it. we can blame her, but we also have to blame the media and some of our lefty friends who chose to depict her as evil incarnate. we re going to go in on ourselves as members of the media a little bit later on. this is a tease. we are going to talk about the media s role and i think they played a huge role and not a very positive one and to this point, you had elizabeth warren, the other populist hero of the wing of the democratic party come out quickly and make overtures to donald trump as well and to joan s point about the centering of the white working class again in this conversation, this is elizabeth warren talking with our good friend rachel maddow on thursday. there are a lot of places where there will have to be compromises. there s things we re going to end up losing because we don t have the white house. we don t have the senate or the house of representatives, but on these core issues about treat
necessarily represent the bulk of christians, at least as i know them. but there are people who think that way. and so i think when christians say we re being unfairly persecuted, it s like, well, then stop saying things like that. were you worried as you came to grips with this in your heart and then more publicly, that your friends, especially your lefty friends, might view you differently? well, i knew that they would and they did. so i think that a lot of the people that i used to be very close to, we re still friends but we don t have the same kind of relationship that we had. it s changed the friendships you ve had. definitely. some were strained. some were strained. because they couldn t accept you had become more religious and a devout christian. i think my whole life had centered on democratic politics. i was very much in that bubble. you know, i worked in the clinton administration so i had all these friends from, there and then in democratic politics in new york,
themselves. those people, of course, don t necessarily represent the bulk of christians, at least as i know them. but there are people who think that way. and so i think when christians say we re being unfairly persecuted, it s like, well, then stop saying things like that. were you worried as you came to grips with this in your heart and then more publicly, that your friends, especially your lefty friends, might view you differently? well, i knew that they would and they did. so i think that a lot of the people that i used to be very close to, we re still friends but we don t have the same kind of relationship that we had. it s changed the friendships you ve had. definitely. some were strained. some were strained. because they couldn t accept you had become more religious and a devout christian. i think my whole life had centered on democratic politics. i was very much in that bubble. you know, i worked in the clinton administration so i had all these friends from, there a