The good news is that four boatloads of Trumplerites are sinking in Lake Travis!

"Trump’s visit to Kenosha was notable because it had an actual political and policy goal. He was clearly concerned by the widespread criticism that it was ludicrous for an incumbent to point to the chaos engulfing the country on his watch and argue it was actually a harbinger of things to come if his opponent was elected.

"(𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, “𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 @𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.” )

[politico.com]

I always use a line from Stephen Kings miniseries Storm of the Century, where a small town sheriff (Tim Daly) comes up against a supernatural force that knows all the secrets of the townspeople. There's a scene where the sheriff sees a kid picking on his son by a bully (appropriately named Donny,) He grabs the kid and says "pushers get pushed, kid. You want to remember that because it's a sad fact in this sad life. Pushers get pushed."

When white people don't listen to peaceful protests, or pull the "what about" card, or do any sort of deflection, they're pushing. I don't condone the violence. I hate that there are lives being lost and businesses destroy, but this was inevitable.

If you haven't already, see Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. It captures this perfectly.