Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin, today to meet with the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed after being shot seven times in the back by Kenosha police last month. Trump visited Kenosha on Tuesday but never said Blake’s name. Meanwhile, President Trump campaign’s press secretary appeared to justify the recent fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha by a 17-year-old Trump-supporting vigilante. Hogan Gidley appeared on CNN.
Hogan Gidley: “The problem is, so many Democrat governors, so many Democrat mayors have now said, ’Don’t do your job. Stand down. Let these riots, let these looters continue to criminalize our communities.’ And the president doesn’t want that. He wants them to be able to stand up. But it does make sense, just logically, if you don’t allow police to do their job, then the American people have to defend themselves some way.”