Rachael Bade
Rachael Bade | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 19, 1989 Tipp City, Ohio, US |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Dayton |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Employer(s) | The Washington Post, CNN |
Rachael Bade is an American journalist who is currently a congressional reporter for The Washington Post and a political analyst for CNN.[1][2]
Early life and education
Bade was raised in Tipp City, Ohio, and received a BA in political science and journalism from the University of Dayton in 2010. Before her journalism career, she was a classical ballet dancer, training with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Austin and American Ballet Theatre.
Career
Bade started her journalism career in 2010 as a reporter at Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call. She joined Politico in 2012 to cover taxes, a beat that launched her career when the IRS targeting controversy broke. Bade closely followed the House Republican investigation of the IRS's treatment of conservative tax exempt groups and was the only reporter to interview Lois Lerner, the IRS leader at the heart of the scandal who asserted her Fifth Amendment right on Capitol Hill, refusing to answer investigators' questions.[3][4]
Bade later covered the Republican Party's investigation of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack and the party's subsequent probe of Hillary Clinton's private email use. She was promoted to Politico's Congress team in early 2016, where she wrote about Speaker Paul Ryan's leadership, winning an award for a magazine profile that first reported on Ryan's decision to step down from Congress.[5] She spent three years covering House Republicans and the party's transformation by Donald Trump, filing stories that illuminated Republican infighting over the future of the party and providing information about how policy decisions were made.
Bade joined The Post as a congressional reporter in 2019 to cover the House Democrats' oversight of the Trump administration.[6] She has broken a number of high-profile stories on the Trump impeachment inquiry and appears on CNN as well as CBS "Face the Nation" and ABC's "This Week."[7]
Bade has also appeared on Fox News, including "Fox News Sunday," as well as MSNBC and PBS.[8][9][10][11]
On December 18, 2019, the night President Donald Trump was impeached by the House, Bade tweeted a photo of herself and other Washington Post staff captioned with text "Merry Impeachmas!" The tweet was criticized on social media as celebrating the impeachment of Donald Trump. Bade deleted the tweet and said it was misinterpreted.[12] Washington Post editor Marty Baron said the post was an "ill-considered" celebration of the end of a work day and not an endorsement of impeachment.[13]
References
- ^ "Rachael Bade". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Rachael Bade | The Washington Post Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ https://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/lois-lerner-breaks-silence-irs-scandal-111181
- ^ WashPostPR. "Rachael Bade joins The Post's national political team". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2018/07/12/awards-and-accolades-715003
- ^ WashPostPR. "Rachael Bade joins The Post's national political team". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWE1wHJaBA
- ^ "Sunday, December 29 - Rachel Maddow show- NBCNews.com". www.nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Rachael Bade". Washington Week. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ WaPo: WH proposed releasing ICE detainees in sanctuary cities - CNN Video, retrieved 2019-10-22
- ^ "Post Reports: A 'living message': What we learned from Robert Mueller's testimony on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ Wuflsohn, Joseph (2019-12-19). "Washington Post, CNN journos under fire after Trump impeachment for celebrating 'Impeachmas.'". Fox news. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ Stetler, Brian (2019-12-20). "Washington Post editor Marty Baron says critics are distorting 'Merry Impeachmas' photo". cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.