1/ Since y& #39;all are all too young to remember this, and since I was only 5 at the time, there& #39;s some ancient history here to be considered.

In the 1968 race, Roger Ailes told Nixon -- I& #39;d have to look it up as to the exact date -- to pivot from Vietnam to the post-King riots.
2/ Nixon went full-on "law and order" not only as a signifier about African Americans but also about the hippy proto-Bernie Bros in Chicago.

Ailes knew a secret; "law and order" was a code for race *and* for culture anxiety in 1968. The Ailes campaign DNA is wired...
3/ ...deeply into Trump& #39;s brain. (And don& #39;t fool yourself; Bill Clinton leveraged it also) The language, the "Silent Majority" crap, the aggrieved culture war whining is 1968 with a modern beat.

He *wants* the coverage of burning buildings. He *wants* the cops v protesters.
4/ By later today, you& #39;ll see a millions post about law and order backing a lawless and orderless Administration led by a criminal. Bannon, Miller, and the rest of the alt-reich Trumpers ADORE this culture war.

Irony has been dead for some time now and is stinking up the place.
5/ Only a jury can bring justice to the murderer of George Floyd, but he& #39;s about to become a hero of the Trump world, a symbol of the poor, oppressed cops (sarcasm tone, people) who just have so much stress they have to murder an unarmed black man on the street.
6/ This is the culture war at its most cynical and dark, and Trump and his allies will be talking about the "long, hot summer" any time now.

They& #39;re ALREADY modeling how the rioting plays for campaign messaging, I promise you.

Also, 103,000 Americans are dead.
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