“‘Defund the police’ was an effective message, but it might not have stuck against all Democrats,” Wilson wrote. “But ‘too woke to stop the riots and looting’ is beginning to look more and more like the Democrat platform to anyone with access to a television or internet connection.”
Democrats counter that the recent unrest has happened on Trump’s watch, and Trump and Republicans not only failed to address concerns about racism at the root of the protests, they may have made them worse.
“In Donald Trump’s America, safety is pitted against justice, Americans are pitted against one another, and the violence that Trump warns of plays out on the streets of communities across our country — stoked by his own words and actions.” Biden’s deputy campaign manager and communications director Kate Bedingfield said in a statement Thursday night.
Support for protests shifting?
Some Republicans believe voters’ attitudes towards the Black Lives Matter movement may be shifting after enjoying high levels of support over the summer. Two GOP strategists pointed to a Marquette Law School poll released on Aug. 11 that showed support for Black Lives Matter among Wisconsin voters had dropped 10 points since June, with 49 percent of those surveyed expressing a favorable view of the movement.
That survey was conducted before the recent unrest in Kenosha, Wis., in response to the police shooting a Black man, Jacob Blake, multiple times in the back, leaving him paralyzed. On Tuesday night, two people were killed, allegedly by a 17 year-old from Illinois who was reportedly part of a group of armed men who wanted to “defend” the city. Trump did not mention Blake in his Thursday night speech, but he did reference Kenosha.
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