The new Scandal episode, titled “Dog-Whistle Politics,” began as a reenactment of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. It had previously been revealed to the press that main character Olivia Pope was having an affair with the president and the episode has all the same elements attacks from the White House on the mistress’s reputation, a First Lady-turned-senator with her eyes set on taking the Oval Office someday, and talks of impeachment that we became all too familiar with from 20 years ago. But then, when Marcus Walker is hired to join the Olivia Pope and Associates crisis and public relations firm, the episode takes a racial turn.
When Trump was president in 2018 and trying to build the wall he had promised, Rep. Colin Allred was one of the most vociferous Democrats opposing him in the Lone Star State.
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