Divided We Fall

Watching the Republican Convention last week, I kept thinking about 1968. Gabriel Sherman, in his biography of Roger Ailes, describes it this way:

[The TV producers] broadcast clips of Nixon, standing in an open-air limousine, arms thrust victoriously in the air, making his trademark V. For the audience at home, the jubilant scene would contrast starkly with that of a week earlier, when Democrats had brought insurrection to the streets. When Richard Nixon came to town, there was a parade.

This is the contrast Trump wants. His primary message is racism. While Biden wants to…