IT’S COME TO THIS. Media: MAGA Hats are Racist but Hammer and Sickle Ushankas from Russia “Need Context.”

There was no claim made about the photo beyond describing exactly what the photo showed. Unless USA Today means to dispute that Jen Psaki is pictured, which they admit she is, or the she isn’t wearing a hat with what appears to be a hammer and sickle on the front, which they aren’t, this isn’t a “check” on anything.

As Peter Cook tweets, the hammer, sickle, and red star should be as reviled as the swastika:”

Earlier: OK, Cancel Culture, Now Do the Wildly Racist Karl Marx.