When news broke that Jared Kushner and Stacey Abrams had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, members of both parties were outraged. Here’s the thing, though: Being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize is a LOT different than actually winning it. In his latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza ticks through the political ramifications of a Nobel nomination.

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:

Jared Kushner, Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/1/kushner-abrams-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize

Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-nobel-prizes-donald-trump-archive-middle-east-4ec1ce1ff6cf9d7321d9cad200650e2c

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against 'hunger as a weapon of war'
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/world/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2020-intl/index.html

Praise and skepticism greet Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/obama.nobel.international.reaction/index.html

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/black-lives-matter-movement-nobel-peace-prize-trnd/index.html

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