quick thread on Kenosha and the media's knee-jerk response to frame it as bad news for Dems, and how DC press is hard-wired to echo GOP talking points; pressrun.media/p/how-trumps-l…
2. how are headlines about vigilante Trump supporter killing protesters in streets supposed to hurt Democrats? If that were the case, wouldn’t Trump be hoping his supporters kill lots of people, because the political press will keep depicting the murders as Democratic setbacks?
3. How is civil unrest the fault of the party out of power? Republicans run the federal government, but Democrats are to blame for the state of the nation? That’s an absurd and unprecedented premise for any presidential campaign.
4. As bouts of political violence do flare up, is there any scenario where the press will consider them to be bad news for Trump, or is everything a setback for Democrats?
