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mr715

(3,718 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:00 AM Thursday

DU Opinion of Emma Vigeland

Asking because she is an unquestionable progressive but seems to support a lot of candidates that are not DU's top choice.

What are your thoughts on her?

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BeyondGeography

(41,158 posts)
1. I admire her patience
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:17 AM
Thursday

Waiting for Sam to wend his way through what sounds like a case of pothead brain and get to the point.

But yeah, she’s very sharp and well informed. Isn’t afraid to throw a punch either at the so-called grown-ups when she’s on TV, taking conversations in directions that networks don’t typically go. Will she keep getting invited back? I think so. The camera loves her after all and that is very much a thing folks like it or not. It will be interesting to see how she navigates the next few years if events conspire to give her more of a platform which I think they will.

mr715

(3,718 posts)
2. I don't appreciate her contempt for Hillary Clinton.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:20 AM
Thursday

But I love how she can destroy people in debates.

She is also quite pretty and has a lovely laugh. I enjoy her and Sam Seder on the majority report.

Henry203

(943 posts)
5. Wilmer Hale- Robert Mueller
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:52 AM
Thursday

is where yy friend worked with Mueller at Wilmer Hale. This is a firm I have worked with for years and one of my good friends is there right now. They used to use our ediscovery software. I know them well. Her sister is also there and also good looking.

mr715

(3,718 posts)
7. Quite the appropriate and fair reply!
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:01 PM
Thursday

She was a producer on the Young Turks and moved to the Majority Report. Now she is a talking head on CNN sometimes and is a very impressive pro-left speaker. She seems motivated primarily by pro-Palestinian, anti-US invention sentiment.

Iggo

(49,973 posts)
8. I like a lot of people who would be banned from DU if they talked here the way they do on their podcasts.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:44 PM
Thursday

And she’s one of ‘em.

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