Morning Jolt: No One Wants to Solve Real Problems

On the menu today: pouring cold water on the notion that any figure or faction is going to benefit from riots in the streets of American cities, figuring out what to conclude from those reports of a few cases of coronavirus reinfection around the globe, and why new data about the importance of "comorbidities" factor is not as reassuring as some seem to insist it is.

Nobody Benefits from Riots in the Streets

Democrats widely believe and proclaim that President Trump wants chaos in the streets and violence, believing that the more Americans see their cities in flames and violent mobs in the streets, the more they will turn away from Democrats.

The party's elected officials and their fans are pretty quick to insist that because Trump is president, we're still in "Donald Trump's America" and thus the riots cannot possibly represent "Joe Biden's America."

But we all know that Donald Trump's view on how to deal with an angry and potentially destructive mob is dramatically different from that of Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, or New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. Trump's administration ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 31 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 31 2020 No One Wants to Solve Real Problems On the menu today: pouring cold water on the notion that any figure or faction is going to benefit from riots in the streets of American cities, figuring out what to conclude from those reports of a few cases of coronavirus reinfection around the globe, and why new data about the importance of "comorbidities" factor is not as reassuring as some seem to insist it is. Nobody Benefits from Riots in the Streets Democrats widely believe and proclaim that President Trump wants chaos in the streets and violence, believing that the more Americans see their cities in flames and violent mobs in the streets, the more they will turn away from Democrats. The party's elected officials and their fans are pretty quick to insist that because Trump is president, we're still in "Donald Trump's America" and thus the riots cannot possibly represent "Joe Biden's America." But we all know that Donald Trump's view on how to deal with an angry and potentially destructive mob is dramatically different from that of Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, or New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. Trump's administration ...   READ MORE

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