Fury exploded outside the Wisconsin State Capitol as demonstrators smashed windows at the statehouse, attacked a state senator, and tore down two iconic statues — including one of an abolitionist who died trying to end slavery during the Civil War. https://t.co/bsDNIsFmo5— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) June 24, 2020
I can't justify the vandalism of statutes or buildings (or assaults on people), but government has failed in its primary mission (protect the governed) and when people can't get at those responsible (or semi-responsible, in the cast of the state senator here), they go after representations of people.
And when I say "failed":
Newly diagnosed cases of Covid-19 soared in hot spots across the U.S., driving city and state officials to consider slowing or reversing reopening plans— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) June 24, 2020
https://t.co/hnV0hl6h5j
US virus cases surge to highest level in 2 monthshttps://t.co/NF8enfsELK— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 24, 2020
NEW: @NYGovCuomo joined by @NedLamont of Connecticut and @GovMurphy of New Jersey announces that all three states will impose a mandatory 14-day quarantine for individuals traveling here from State’s with high infection rates of #COVID19— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) June 24, 2020
Fort Worth couple married 53 years died of COVID-19 while holding each other’s hands https://t.co/5QqN7fopNh— Lindsay Wise (@lindsaywise) June 24, 2020
Spoke with @jaketapper about what feels increasingly like the federal government giving up on the pandemic— Ashish K. Jha (@ashishkjha) June 24, 2020
We may be done with the pandemic
But the pandemic is not done with us
We know how to get our arms around this
But if we choose not to act, our future looks pretty tough https://t.co/sWlk2mwn8g
A few months ago, predictions were for a virus spread across parts of the country not yet impacted. Here it comes. https://t.co/HqXxLOFIYs— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 24, 2020
viral specialist on NPR last week said, 'it's not a wave, it's a forest fire'— Tracy Forner (@tracy_forner) June 24, 2020
This is one of the most revealing poll results I’ve seen lately. Voters are very closely plugged into both the local and national coronavirus stats. This is why it’s extremely hard to spin, you never get this kind of focus on any story, let alone one with objective metrics. https://t.co/Q6yzjNs6W9— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 24, 2020
This is among the most important points. Trump and folks around him gambled that their own voters and even some who don’t support him would rebel against social distancing guidelines. The virus has gotten worse and the rebellion never came, support for health measures increased > https://t.co/khst0qYKnU— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 24, 2020
But at the moment, Trump is deeply unpopular and losing the argument to his political opposition by lopsided margins on the two most urgent issues of the moment: the coronavirus pandemic and race relations/racial justice. https://t.co/dNysAwZUoY pic.twitter.com/pPCgpQYA3z— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) June 24, 2020
People are expressing it at the polls, when they can, but when they can, they are expressing it in the streets, and even against the statues.
It ain't pretty, but that's democracy, too.
It appears that Trump's attempts to invent his own reality in which the coronavirus is pretty much gone is not quite working out. pic.twitter.com/JNqW0t8yYh— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 24, 2020
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