How Republicans should be thinking about ‘black lives matter’

Published June 9, 2020 12:13pm ET



Sen. Mitt Romney stood alone among elected Republicans (as he often does these days) when, on Sunday, he tweeted the phrase “black lives matter.”

It is not hard to find Republicans condemning what happened to George Floyd and voicing support for peaceful protests. And it was just a few months ago (months that now feel like an eternity) that President Trump used his expensive Super Bowl ad time to tout criminal justice reform policies.

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