J. Robert Smith – Cast your mind back to 2020. Before the November presidential elections, the nation’s cities were convulsed by riots — riots spread by leftist provocateurs, facilitated by Democrat mayors, and condoned by congressional Democrats. George Floyd’s death was an excuse. Mayhem was a regular feature for months in the news.
Some Democrats expressed guarded sympathy for rioters. Most others stayed silent. Silence lends consent, and Antifa and BLM got plenty of it. Regardless, the argument went that in the name of racial justice it was virtuous to loot Target, ransack and burn small businesses, and kill. Among the murdered was retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn. Dorn, a black man, was murdered by a BLM thug while guarding a friend’s business. Continue reading