Narrative

It's kind of amusing to observe the Democrat's (and therefore, the media's) evolving narrative on the protests/riots that began three months ago with the death of George Floyd while in police custody.

• "The protests are a modern day civil rights movement. 

• "The police are racist. Reform them by reallocating funding." [a.k.a. defund the police]

• "The protests are far more important than the CDC guidelines that advise against large gatherings to avoid transmission of COVID-19."  [But schools MUST remain closed and everyone else should shelter-in-place] 

• "There is no evidence that rioting is occurring and claims to the contrary are lies." [Just ask Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY)] 

• "The protests are "mostly peaceful" and any arson, looting or violence do not represent the underlying intent of the BLM movement." 

• "Unrest occurs spontaneously and is driven by frustration. There is no evidence of any outside agitators or planning. Antifa doesn't exist." [All of those outside coordinators and weapons caches just appeared magically] 

• "The presence of federal law enforcement officers (who were protecting a federal court house) caused the mob to want to burn down the courthouse. It's the DHS's fault."

After three months of avoiding any condemnation of the riots, and as Biden/Harris began sinking in the polls, focus groups indicated that the rioting was hurting the Dems. The narrative changed instantly:

• "We condemn the rioting and mobs and urge everyone on both sides [as if] to cease these unfortunate activities." 

• "These violent mobs have arisen in Trump's America. He is directly responsible for the riots." [in Democratically controlled cities that have rejected his offers of help]. 

• "It's Trump's right-wing supporters who have become vigilantes and are responsible for the rioting and violence." [even though Trump's supporters were nowhere in evidence for the first three months of rioting]And now:

And now (from Biden):

• "Does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is elected?"

That's just a great strategy ... blackmail Americans into voting for Dems by implicitly threatening more rioting and unrest unless Biden is elected. Using the leftist mobs as a threat reeks of desperation, but worse, it's reprehensible to suggest that a cessation of arson, looting, and violence is conditioned on the Dems acquisition of political power. 

Americans have never responded well to threats, but apparently, a cognitively-challenged Joe Biden and his left-wing handlers have forgotten that.

Pushback is coming.