What Went Down On Night 3 Of The RNC

Michael McHale, the president of the National Association of Police Organizations, is giving a full-throated defense of police officers. That’s to be expected because of his job, but it comes across as very tone-deaf just days after police shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha.

With Michael McHale, the GOP is threading the unusual needle of highlighting problems on the President’s watch while arguing that they are the product of local officials’ failures. McHale also clearly shows the politicization of policing in recent elections.

It’s really, really ironic to hear Biden described as part of the most “radically anti-abortion ticket in history,” given that his record on abortion rights was actually a big weak spot for him early in the Democratic primary, until he reversed his long-held position on a piece of legislation that bans the use of Medicaid dollars for abortion.