David Brooks today in the New York Times opining on
WHY THE PROTESTS AID TRUMP
Over my career as a journalist, I have learned that when you are covering a rally, pay attention not just to protesters, pay attention to all those people who would never attend and are quietly disapproving. If you were covering the protests of the late 1960s, for example, you would have learned a lot more about the coming decades by interviewing George W. Bush than you would have by interviewing a protest celebrity like Abbie Hoffman. Hoffman was more photogenic in the moment, but Bush, and all those turned off by the protests, would turn out to be more consequential.
Over the past few days, the White House and Senator Chuck Schumer have become more critical of lawbreaking protests. They probably need to do a lot more of that if we are going to avoid
Trump: The Sequel.
David Brooks is the guy who claimed it was a sign of how awful the economy was under Joe Biden because a meal in Newark Airport (a burger, fries and a drink) cost $78.00.
The airport concession roasted him online because 80% of the tab was his bar bill.
Yeah, Brooks has finger on the pulse of Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea!