LA Riot Response Shows Why Democrats Are in the Political Wilderness

Democrats wondering why their party’s approval rating is in the tank – and why their coalition of voters is disintegrating around them – need look no further than the response to the riots that have rocked Los Angeles in recent days. Since the violence began on Friday, the country has witnessed a redux of the gaslighting campaign that accompanied the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020. Even as images of masked individuals waving Mexican flags in front of burning cars flooded social media, the legacy press and Democrat politicians described chaos as “demonstrations” and the arsonists as “anti-ICE protesters.” In...