Eugene Robinson writes for the Washington Post:
For more than five decades, the rule in U.S. politics has been that you’re supposed to whisper the racism, not shout it at the top of your lungs. But President Trump is running the most openly racist national campaign since that of George Wallace in 1968 — a repellent ploy that will do great damage to the nation even if Trump loses.
Since the killing of George Floyd in May, the country has been rocked by protests demanding a reckoning with centuries of structural racism. In response, Trump has gone beyond denying that systemic racism against African Americans exists. He has taken the position that it is White people who are somehow being persecuted and should feel aggrieved.
Which brings us to this afternoon’s tweets.
Democrats admit that President Trump’s message is “working” on violence coming to the Suburbs in a Looney Biden Administration. Plus, Biden just doubled down on forcing Federal control of local zoning. This means low income housing and projects. So much for the American Dream!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2020
Sleepy Joe Biden has pledged to ABOLISH Suburban Communites as they currently exist by reinstating Obama’s radical AFFH Regulation. There goes Suburbia!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2020
Democrats and Sleepy Joe’s Peaceful Protestors! https://t.co/weQBW7xKic
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2020
The “American Dream” applies to black people and poor people too.
Don’t they teach you that at Trump University?
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) September 8, 2020
ABC-Ipsos poll
Which candidate would do a better job…
Keeping the country safe — Biden +13
Keeping my family safe — Biden +14
Handling protests — Biden +20
Reducing violence — Biden +20https://t.co/zBT0lLSRPo— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 6, 2020