President Trump visits Kenosha today. Local officials have asked him not to come. "President Trump has been throwing accelerant on the fire of the nation’s social unrest rather than trying to put it out, seeking confrontation rather than calm at a volatile moment his advisers hope will help salvage his campaign for a second term," write Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker in the New York Times . "Other presidents in times of tumult tried to settle down communities convulsed by racial and cultural divisions, but Mr. Trump has encouraged one side against another. He has threatened to deploy federal forces, condoned freelance actions by his own armed supporters, conflated peaceful protesters with violent rioters and used the strife to undercut his political opponents." . AP reports that Trump's law and order message is resonating with some Wisconsin voers. The president has already used dark and misleading warnings of destruction in American streets following violence in Portland, Oregon, and is now seizing on unrest in Kenosha. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has condemned violence and focused more on the victims of police brutality.
Census advocates in Hennepin County warn that some neighborhoods run the risk of being left out of the 2020 count. MPR News reporter Riham Feshir reports, "They shared concerns Monday that certain pockets of the county aren't being counted, saying some households that haven't filled out their forms have not received a single visit from a census taker this year. The count is set to end on Sept. 30."
