CNN Crew Ridicules Trump Administration’s Weird ‘Woke Font Controversy’

Tommy Christopher Dec 12th, 2025, 2:58 pm

CNN’s morning crew mocked what they called the Trump administration’s “woke font controversy” — reversing a Biden-era accessibility initiative at the State Department by going back to Times New Roman.

Then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the change to 15-point Calibri in 2023 based on a recommendation from the chief diversity officer in order to make things easier on people with disabilities. Secretary of State Marco Rubio undid that change this week in a memo railing against “DEIA” initiatives.

On Friday morning’s edition of CNN This Morning , anchor Audie Cornish and her “Group Chat” panel — Noel King , co-host and editorial director of the “

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