Trump’s MAGA base finds its own rallying cry: Defend the police

First, it was socialism. Then it was antifa. Now, with the latest protests sweeping the nation, President Donald Trump’s base has found its newest foil: the snowballing movement to drastically reduce the size and budgets of police departments to constrain discriminatory law enforcement practices.

The rallying cry of the far left is now becoming the rallying cry of the right, energizing the MAGA movement to defend the police.

“It seems to me that the goal there is to totally abolish the police department and replace it with something else,” said...