Bill Clinton was the last President in this country widely viewed as successful. I have my doubts, stemming largely from his failure to counteract the growth of the terrorist threat, but I understand the reasons for his popularity. For one thing, crime started its long, astonishing descent under some of the sentencing laws he supported and signed (and his wife now denounces).
Today, Mr. Clinton told his hecklers in the BLM movement what they need to hear but are certain to ignore: "You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter." He could have added that BLM is attacking the best friends preserving black lives ever had -- more police, more aggressive policing, and more incarceration of the thugs and drug pushers who prey disproportionately on blacks.
I have disagreed with President Clinton many times on many things over the years, but he nailed it this time. I could scarcely have said it better.