Politico Reporter Who Said She Cried Over Trump's Election Now Covers His Presidency

As a master's student at Northwestern University's esteemed journalism school in 2020, Cheyanne Daniels revealed that she cried when President Donald Trump was elected four years earlier because she knew "horrible things were to come." She now covers the Trump presidency for Politico.

Daniels joined the outlet as a breaking news reporter in May following a three-year stint as a "race and politics reporter" for The Hill, where she covered both the 2024 election and stories like, "John Boyega: 'Star Wars' 'most whitest, elite space,'" and, "'Power Rangers' actor splits with writer, says casting a 'milestone.'"

Her reporting is now largely focused on the White House, the subject of several of her posts on social media. On Nov. 7, 2020, the day the Associated Press called the presidential election for Joe Biden, Daniels tweeted: "4 years ago, I cried when I realized Donald Trump had been elected, knowing horrible things were to come. Now, I'm in my apartment in D.C., hearing people cheering in the streets screaming that he has been defeated, and I'm crying once again. But for a very different reason."

One week later, Daniels's euphoria seemed to fade. "Trump may have lost the election," she wrote, "but over 70 million people voted for him — and some of those voters were people who felt, like their demagogue, that MY life as a Black woman doesn't matter, that I shouldn't exist, I threaten the purity of white power."