The People and the Elite

(L-R) Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Kamala Harris and now Democratic vice president nominee (D-Calif.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) join fellow Democrats from the House and Senate kneel in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds to honor George Floyd in the Capitol Visitors Center in District of Columbia on June 08, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Commentary

In this sorry time of cancellation and political correctness, as we watch a college dean suspend a professor because a few students complained about his insensitivity, or as we listen to a CEO intone his company’s commitment to social justice, or observe Democratic leaders don an African scarf and bend a knee, two reactions follow. I’ve seen them firsthand.