In the aftermath of the attempted murder of his rival, President Biden told the nation he wants to “lower the temperature in our politics,” renew the sense that “we are not enemies,” that we are “fellow Americans” who “must stand together.” With former president Trump barely cheating death, and with another American, Corey Comperatore, murdered by the assailant for simply exercising what Biden described as his “freedom to support the candidate of [his] choosing,” the president asked, “How do we go forward from here?”
Beyond urging that we “stand together” despite our disagreements, Biden offered nothing specific. But here’s something: The president could take significant action that would cost him substantially nothing, would drastically improve his standing with the electorate, and would begin to bridge our deep political divide. He could put an end to lawfare.
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