What we learned when the 2020 campaign came through Kenosha

After the Democratic convention, which celebrated the nationwide protests against racism and police brutality and featured a speech by Joe Biden that called for an end to systemic racism, some Democrats worried that the party had not paid enough attention to the violence and property damage that has accompanied some protests.

After the Republican convention, which celebrated the police and featured a speech by Donald Trump that attacked “the rioters and criminals spreading mayhem in Democrat-run cities,” some Republicans worried that the party hadn’t grappled with the inconvenient fact that...