ABC chief political analyst Matthew Dowd received a storm of criticism after publishing a column urging “White male Christians” to retreat from the national stage.
“Time for us white male Christians to take a step back and give power to others, and make ourselves dispensable,” said Dowd in a tweet teasing his piece.
https://twitter.com/matthewjdowd/status/1046557614526615553
“I would humbly suggest that we as white male Christians take it upon ourselves to step back and give more people who don’t look like us access to the levers of power,” wrote Dowd.
“We as white male Christians should do what real leadership demands and practice a level of humility which demonstrates strength by stepping back from the center of the room and begin to give up our seats at the table,” he continued.
Twitter critics immediately pounced on the preening tone and asked quite bluntly if the ABC politics chieftain would take his own advice and surrender his choice position at the network as an example.
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1046573880167596033
Well I'm a nonbinary gay Jew so can I have your job at ABC news? https://t.co/iNrG5LzlCr
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 1, 2018
No one is stopping you from quitting your job to make room https://t.co/9NKmsLohIu
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) October 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/johnhawkinsrwn/status/1046584469665325057
Is this a resignation letter or https://t.co/kTWqqSWq7O
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) October 1, 2018
You first https://t.co/HJhWzsOyk3
— Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) October 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/NickAPappas/status/1046601102274285569
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1046564047796097024
Reps for Dowd at ABC did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap.