Today’s Trump Baltimore tweet reminded me of a moment from Rand Paul’s presidential campaign.

So, in 2014 and 2015, Paul staked out a position as a Republican who cares about and wanted to win cities and black voters…

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 28, 2019

In that setting, he mentioned that his train had just gone through Baltimore: “I’m glad the train didn’t stop!” It undid a lot of the work he’d done… and of course Ingraham became even more influential as a pro Trump pundit.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 28, 2019