Morning Jolt: Biden’s Weak Stance on Rioters

On the menu today: Joe Biden says all the right things, but Portland protesters tried to set more fires last night; examining the four horsemen of America's urban apocalypse; and wondering who's left out there who can actually work well with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

What Joe Biden Looks Like

Yesterday, Joe Biden traveled to Pennsylvania for a twelve-minute speech on rioting in America's cities and challenged his audience: "Ask yourself: Do I look to you like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?"

A lot of Trump fans will answer "yes," even though it's not a terribly plausible argument. A more plausible one is that Joe Biden looks like an almost-78-year-old lifelong politician who is trying to manage a party of disparate interest groups in which 26 percent voted for self-described socialist Bernie Sanders this past year and 50 percent view socialism positively, and who leads the party that almost universally runs America's largest cities — ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 01 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 01 2020 Biden's Weak Stance on Rioters On the menu today: Joe Biden says all the right things, but Portland protesters tried to set more fires last night; examining the four horsemen of America's urban apocalypse; and wondering who's left out there who can actually work well with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. What Joe Biden Looks Like Yesterday, Joe Biden traveled to Pennsylvania for a twelve-minute speech on rioting in America's cities and challenged his audience: "Ask yourself: Do I look to you like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?" A lot of Trump fans will answer "yes," even though it's not a terribly plausible argument. A more plausible one is that Joe Biden looks like an almost-78-year-old lifelong politician who is trying to manage a party of disparate interest groups in which 26 percent voted for self-described socialist Bernie Sanders this past year and 50 percent view socialism positively, and who leads the party that almost universally runs America's largest cities — ...   READ MORE

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