24 Facts About Kirsten Powers

Kirsten Anne Powers was born on December 14,1967 and is an American author, liberal columnist, and political analyst.

The New Republic noted Powers "held her own in any debate" at Fox News and quoted columnist Erik Wemple, who called her "a ferocious advocate for her points of view".

Kirsten Powers previously was a columnist for the New York Post, and later The Daily Beast, which she left to join USA Today.

Kirsten Powers began her career as a staff assistant with the Clinton-Gore presidential transition team in 1992, followed by an appointment as Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative for Public Affairs in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998.

Kirsten Powers subsequently worked in various roles, including press secretary, communications consultant and party consultant.

Kirsten Powers graduated from Monroe Catholic High School in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1986 and the University of Maryland and attended Georgetown University Law Center for a year and a half.

Kirsten Powers served in the Clinton administration as the deputy assistant US trade representative for public affairs.

Kirsten Powers left to become the vice president for international communications at America Online.

Kirsten Powers has worked in New York State Democratic politics for many years.

Kirsten Powers was press secretary for Donnie Fowler's unsuccessful bid to be Democratic National Committee chair.

Kirsten Powers has consulted for a variety of non-profit organizations, including Human Rights First and the National Council for Research on Women.

Kirsten Powers wrote on Twitter that "people do not have a 'right' to stay anonymous so they can spew their racist, misogynist, homophobic garbage".

In January 2019 Kirsten Powers was criticized and, in her own words, "harassed" on Twitter, after she blamed Covington Catholic High School students for "disrespecting an Indigenous elder" during a highly publicized confrontation that occurred at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18,2019.

Kirsten Powers opposed the Fairness Doctrine, and a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.

Kirsten Powers supports closing Guantanamo Bay, and transferring its prisoners to federal prisons.

In 2011, Kirsten Powers criticized Americans' lack of concern about the Muslim Brotherhood rising to power in Egypt as "naivete".

Kirsten Powers even went on to state that she is not an isolationist.

Kirsten Powers clarified that "[d]octors, not the government, should be helping women decide what to do in these situations", such as pregnancies that endanger the woman's life.

Kirsten Powers added that she "care[s] about all lives, and that includes the lives of women contemplating abortion".

In February 2019, Kirsten Powers publicly apologized for having been "too judgmental and condemning" in her statements on social media and in the press.

Kirsten Powers stated that, when criticizing others for poor behavior, she had not properly acknowledged "the humanity of everyone involved".

Kirsten Powers was raised as an Episcopalian but spent much of her early adult life as an atheist.

Kirsten Powers has said that the biggest impact her new-found faith had on her political beliefs was that she came to "view everyone as God's child, and that means everyone deserves grace and respect".

On October 10,2015, Kirsten Powers was received into the Catholic Church.