In August, 2020, Jeremy Peters of the "New York Times" wrote that under Domenech: "The "Federalist" has been one of the biggest breakouts... diving headfirst into the culture wars... Its pieces have questioned the Me Too movement... and called the effort to recognize transgender identity a "war on women." Peters wrote that Mollie Hemingway, a senior editor of the "Federalist", is "one of Mr. Trump's favorites.. Her pieces... have earned presidential retweets and affirmation for their scathing criticism of Democrats and the news media, whom she accuses of lying about just about everything when it comes to the president. Recently she claimed that journalists had fabricated reports about tear gas and the excessive use of force against protesters outside the White House (law enforcement, in fact, has acknowledged shooting a pepper-based irritant into the crowd)." Domenech, Hemingway, and other staff for the "Federalist" "offer an outlet for outrage against those the president has declared his enemies, often by reducing them to a culture war caricature of liberalism."