ROGER SIMON: Are the French Riots the Republicans’ October Surprise?

Our ex-president Barack Obama is fairly fanning the flames of disruption, coming out in loud support of the noxious Ilhan Omar. It’s as if he wants to relive the glory days of the Ferguson or the Trayvon Martin shootings. Where is this leading, and what is he really trying to do? I don’t think it’s just winning a midterm election, and it’s certainly not saving Omar.

I hope we never find out. Actually turning the tables and winning the midterms is one way to stop this in its tracks. The French red-green rioters may have given us a gift by providing absolutely every Republican a great talking point in the waning days of this campaign, a talking point most normal people will respond to. As I type this, Trump is using it in Kansas. Every candidate should too. And so should we with everyone we talk to.

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Related: How bad is Europe these days? So bad that even Condé Nast’s Wired has noticed: They Fled Trump’s America. Now They Regret It. The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean.