Vermeil protest and the politics of optics: activists, press, and the White House clash over whether ceremonial artifacts should be reframed or exposed; C.J.'s reframing competes with journalistic amplification and diplomatic sensitivity.
Vermeil protest and the politics of optics: activists, press, and the White House clash over whether ceremonial artifacts should be reframed or exposed; C.J.'s reframing competes with journalistic amplification and diplomatic sensitivity.
Events in This Arc
At a White House briefing C.J. deflects initial questions about the vermeil centerpieces with art-history trivia and light banter, then unexpectedly pivots into a blunt moral history: these luxury objects …
After C.J. reframes the vermeil centerpieces as symbols of oppression in a charged briefing, Danny intercepts her in the hallway to answer for amplifying a tiny protest. Instead of meeting …