Posted on 09/02/2020 5:57:43 PM PDT by karpov
Seattle
It took a while, but Democrats (and their media supporters) have finally noticed that the chaos, fires, looting, vandalism and attacks on police in cities across America might hurt their national ticket two months from now. What to do about it is a difficult problem.
They have the same three options facing every candidate when an unwelcome issue materializes. The first is to ignore it. Even if it doesn’t go away, pretending it doesn’t exist can dilute its significance. The Democrats tried that during their convention. No prime-time speaker mentioned the most destructive rioting to hit America in 50 years. Perhaps they thought the worst had passed. But one controversial police shooting in Kenosha, Wis., brought the fire, looting, vandalism and death back to the fore. Minneapolis erupted again too. Public order has a thin surface in many cities right now.
The second option is to blame your opponent, which Team Biden is trying now. The riots, which they once ignored, are all taking place “on Trump’s watch” and his “divisive rhetoric” helped bring them on. But almost all the violence is happening in cities run by Democrats, which are under siege by the activist left. Mayors and governors have brusquely, sometimes theatrically rejected President Trump’s offers of federal assistance. And Mr. Trump is no more responsible for the looting and violence in New York, Chicago and Oakland, Calif., than Barack Obama was for the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014. But expect the Democrats to continue blaming him until polls force them to confront the obvious.
The Democrats’ third option is to convince voters they can solve the problem.
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“The Democrats’ third option is to convince voters they can solve the problem.”
We’ll stop rioting if you give us back our swamp.
This is easy. With a compliant media, you will actually see TWO Bidens on the campaign trail. They will try to pull it off.
It’ll be fun to watch.
Not to worry, the democrat party has told the rioters to tone it down.
Hiden Joementia Biden is busy blaming the Jews in 1930’s Berlin for the actions of the Brownshirts.
IOWs the base of the DemonRat Party consists of terrorists, insurrectionists and violent felons.
Of course they will object to putting down riots.
Joe can’t complete a coherent sentence.
Did you hear him today?
Can’t read a teleprompter.
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