There was a bit of chaos in suburban Los Angeles yesterday outside a Trump rally. A crowd of "protesters" held a mini-riot. The trashed some police cars, blocked traffic and threatened people coming to the Trump rally. Meanwhile, in New York, there was a scare when an envelope with white powder was sent to the Trump headquarters office in the Trump Tower. It turned out to be harmless, but both the disruption and the local scare were major. These are just the latest stupid moves by those who oppose Trump. It's almost as if the Trump campaign scripted them to show the Donald standing up to the turmoil.
Think about what message these events convey. In California, the rioters were mostly Mexican according to the LA Times. These people did not just oppose Trump, they got violent. They tried to use force to keep their claim on America. Such a move, however, is something that does not play well across most of the country. And it is in the rest of the country where these mini-riots change votes. California is going to vote for Hillary in November unless she gets indicted. If that happens, then California will vote for whomever the Democrats nominate as a replacement for Hillary. But what will the people in Michigan think about the mini-riots? Will they see the Mexicans who came out just to make trouble as poor put-upon workers fighting against Trump, or will they be trouble makers who could not stand to have their illegal presence in the USA challenged? We don't know that the rioters were illegals, but from 2000 miles away, it will sure look like that. Will the workers in Ohio get angry that these illegals who take away their jobs are now rioting to preserve their positions? Are these rioters so alien to America that they cannot accept our basic social contract to debate and discuss and then to decide the future at the ballot box rather than by rioting? Will the women in Iowa see these rioters as victims or victimizers? I doubt that the answers to these questions are ones that the rioters (or Hillary) would like to hear. Indeed, if Trump can respond to all of this with a pleasant smile and an optimistic message, these rioters could spell doom for the Democrats in a great many places.
Think about what message these events convey. In California, the rioters were mostly Mexican according to the LA Times. These people did not just oppose Trump, they got violent. They tried to use force to keep their claim on America. Such a move, however, is something that does not play well across most of the country. And it is in the rest of the country where these mini-riots change votes. California is going to vote for Hillary in November unless she gets indicted. If that happens, then California will vote for whomever the Democrats nominate as a replacement for Hillary. But what will the people in Michigan think about the mini-riots? Will they see the Mexicans who came out just to make trouble as poor put-upon workers fighting against Trump, or will they be trouble makers who could not stand to have their illegal presence in the USA challenged? We don't know that the rioters were illegals, but from 2000 miles away, it will sure look like that. Will the workers in Ohio get angry that these illegals who take away their jobs are now rioting to preserve their positions? Are these rioters so alien to America that they cannot accept our basic social contract to debate and discuss and then to decide the future at the ballot box rather than by rioting? Will the women in Iowa see these rioters as victims or victimizers? I doubt that the answers to these questions are ones that the rioters (or Hillary) would like to hear. Indeed, if Trump can respond to all of this with a pleasant smile and an optimistic message, these rioters could spell doom for the Democrats in a great many places.
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