Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently commented on the following news stories:
Mask mandates are going away as Covid cases persist. What’s changed? (Washington Post)
Schapiro: An aggravation that lawmakers, especially Democrats, don’t need (Bristol Herald-Courier)
"It is absolutely a moment for a president who has spent most of his professional life focused on international matters to be put in a position to engage in this crisis with an expertise and professionalism that many American presidents have had but some have not, " said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
"It is important to remember that the American public opinion often doesn't have a lot of experience and focus on international concerns. We are a very domestically focused nation," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.
“Trump was able to be a vehicle to express ones' frustration with political correctness and tolerance," said Stephen Farnsworth, author of Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump. "He didn’t create it. These hostilities existed before him, but he was a vehicle to channel that grievance."
Prejudice grew in Trump supporters during his presidency, studies find (Courthouse News Service)
“Youngkin may have campaigned like (moderate) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, but judging from his first month in office, he’s governing more like Ron DeSantis,” says University of Mary Washington political science professor Stephen Farnsworth, referring to the GOP Florida governor known for his directives against vaccine and mask-wearing mandates and in favor of rules restricting what teachers can say in the classroom.
After a welcoming inaugural message, “his first effort was to double down on Trump-style culture wars, which has increasingly become the norm for Republican officials,” Farnsworth says.
But that explanation might not be good enough for voters in the new district, said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.
Spanberger leaping into new district, but won’t move family before January (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
