Jonathan Capehart : (10)

" I’m gay, and I’m Black, and I’m a city slicker with no children. " - Jonathan Capehart

" When I came out to my mother in 1990, her first words of advice were to not tell anyone. She said being gay could hurt my nascent career. The reaction was as painful as it was understandable: Back then, the world was a very different place for a 20-something LGBTQ American. " - Jonathan Capehart

" Woke supremacy’ ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as ‘cancel culture.’ The purpose of both phrases is to shield folks from criticism when they are called out for their actions or their deeply ignorant musings that peddle in racism, xenophobia or misogyny. " - Jonathan Capehart

" Voting should be as easy as possible. Period. " - Jonathan Capehart

" If Republicans aren’t willing to vote for voting rights, and if the only way to safeguard our fundamental right to vote is to blow up the filibuster, then ignore McConnell’s taunts and do it. " - Jonathan Capehart

" With the platform given to me by ‘The Sunday Show,’ I’m able for two hours to shine the spotlight in a place where people are either already looking or didn’t know they needed to look there. " - Jonathan Capehart

" Masculinity should never be about exclusion or intolerance, nor displays of unyielding strength. " - Jonathan Capehart

" If you’ve been to a pride parade, you know it’s a celebration of acceptance and inclusion. " - Jonathan Capehart

" If you’ve been to a pride parade, you know it’s a celebration of acceptance and inclusion. " - Jonathan Capehart

" When you’re Black in America, you spend a lot of time counting firsts. The higher the first, the more we marvel (and shake our heads at how long it took to happen.) The higher the first, the more the person who achieved it comes to represent how we want the nation to see us. " - Jonathan Capehart