The violence in Baltimore is not, as many suppose, an outpouring of justified anger against a police department rumored to riddled with corruption. What it is — at least, according to Donald Trump — is more proof of the mistakes America made when it allowed Barack Obama to occupy the White House in 2008 and 2012.
Trump’s complaint began sensibly enough:
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But it didn’t take him long to lose the plot:
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When a follower of his suggested airlifting the real estate tycoon into the embattled city, his response was unequivocal — if a little short on detail:
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The editor of the Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol, also weighed in — and identified the problem as the uncivilized members of Baltimore’s African-American community:
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Apparently, there is but one hope for the continued existence of civilization — and it’s not who anyone thinks it would be:
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