OK NYT, whatever you say
Posted on 06/12/2025 11:21:13 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Five years ago, as grief and anger over George Floyd’s murder ignited national protests, top Democrats joined the demonstrations, called for cutting police budgets and, in a ham-fisted effort at solidarity, even knelt in kente cloth at the Capitol.
Now, as President Trump spoils for a fight by sending unwanted troops to Los Angeles to stamp out protests and help with immigration raids, Democrats scarred by recent elections have a starkly different message for demonstrators:
Don’t play into his hands.
Five years after the 2020 racial justice movement prompted a wave of cultural changes and then an enduring political backlash, many Democrats are signaling that they now recognize how skillful Republicans can be in using scenes of unrest — whether limited or widespread, accurate or not — to cast liberal lawmakers as tolerant of lawlessness.
“Many of the 2020 protests played out in ways that Democrats did not see and they did not foresee,” said former Senator Doug Jones of Alabama, a Democrat who lost his re-election bid that year. At the time, he said, some did not grasp that “once you got to a certain critical mass of protesters, that some bad things were going to happen.”
“I think they do now,” said Mr. Jones, who stressed that Mr. Trump was needlessly escalating tensions. “I also think that they appreciate the fact that any violence is one, is uncalled-for, it needs to be prosecuted. But it’s also playing into the narrative of Donald Trump.”
So far, the demonstrations now — relatively small, scattered and generally peaceful — bear little resemblance to the mass protests of 2020, which in some cases devolved into destructive riots.
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“...it’s also playing into the narrative of Donald Trump.
So far, the demonstrations now — relatively small, scattered and generally peaceful”
Liberals always struggle with reality.
What a load of crap from the NYT.
EC
President Trump spoils for a fight by sending unwanted troops to Los Angeles”
BS, The people do not want their city burned and looted.
I love how they use “journalism” to mask what this article really is: The more sober-minded, politically-wise Democrats (eg, Schumer, James Carville, etc.) putting out a “Danger Ahead” warning for their followers.
Democrats made excuses for violence and riots and encouraged it.. don’t play games like “Oh we didn’t know it would turn violent” nonsense... you knew, you advocated it, you wanted it..
The democrat party is the America Last party, period. They have been now for decades....
The past week or two millions more American’s have come that same conclusion, and they will never ever vote democrat again in their lives.
Please keep playing these stupid games liberals, please...
Republicans need the establishment wing beaten out of it, but at least the voters are trying to do that.. the democrat party is fully and completely owned by globalists, and has absolutely no intention of ever putting America First in any way shape or form.
President Trump is also getting something of a do-over. Criticized for doing little more than tweeting “LAW AND ORDER!!!” during the Floyd protests, he’s decided he’s not going to make that same mistake again.
They aren’t “haunting” the Democrats. They are the playbook for the riots that are going on right now. Ever since “Occupy Wall Street”, the Left has used organized political violence to get their way. Just like the Dems did with the KKK before the 1960s. The Dems have always used violence as a tool to advance their agenda.
“grief and anger over George Floyd’s murder ignited national protests”
https://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/crap.wav
OK NYT, whatever you say
...and the riots were based on lies.
What a rag of a paper. In 2020 democrats justified the riots, aided them, allowed them and refused to prosecute criminal acts. Crimes went unpunished. Downtown districts were destroyed. Businesses looted. People assaulted.
What they learned is that you can get away with supporting a serious criminal without harsh consequences.
Floyd was a serious criminal and many being detained by ICE are serious criminals. They don’t care and the media is silent about it.
Never mind.
“President Trump spoils for a fight by sending unwanted troops to Los Angeles to stamp out protests “
Hilarious, as though the people whose cars are getting burned don’t “want” to be protected.
“Ever since “Occupy Wall Street”, the Left has used organized political violence to get their way.”
The leftists didn’t get their way in 2020 after being sentenced to state prison for five to 10 years. They didn’t get their way after getting thrown in roadside ditches and begging for the cops to rescue them. They didn’t get their way when armed business owners in Cicero sat on rooftops and chased the rioters back to the Chicago ghetto.
Haunting, lol.
They inspired.
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