David French for NR (2018): “I won’t call Chelsea Manning ‘she’ for a very simple reason. He’s a man. … I will not use my words to endorse a falsehood. I simply won’t.” David French for NYT (2025): Refers to his male friend Jessica Riedl as “she.” Legit curious what changed.

David French

@davidafrench · Twitter · 2025-06-28 00:35 UTC

This is great news for The Dispatch. Nobody is better on fiscal policy than Jessica. Jessica and I recently had a great conversation about the grim realities of the federal budget on The Opinions podcast (link in next tweet)