The president doubled down on his plans to visit riot-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin on Monday. The city of 99,000 was engulfed in protests, rioting, and arson after the August…
Donald Trump’s visit to Kenosha to survey damage and confer with local law enforcement is a risky move politically so close to the election, but gives him a chance to turn his Democratic opponents’ rhetoric blaming him for the protests against them, veteran Michigan-based Republican consultant John Truscott believes. “While I wouldn’t advise going into a situation like this due to the uncertainty of what will happen, it is an opportunity to flip the Biden narrative back on him,” Truscott said in an interview. The White House announced Trump’s plans to visit Kenosha on Sunday. Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers expressed concern with the visit, writing the president an open letter urging him to “reconsider” his plans. Evers argued that the trip could hinder local authorities efforts to ‘heal’ the city following the riots resulting from the August 23 shooting of African American Jacob Blake seven times in the back by a white police officer during a response to a 911 call about a domestic incident.
