Johnson fails to see Trump’s wrongdoing.

A recent column urging the federal government to come to the aid of the U.S. Postal Service during these unprecedented times generated a host of emails — some heartwarming, some upset with Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell.

We’ve made little progress since then.

Empower Wisconsin spoke to several State Street business owners. Many did not want to talk about the riots. Some feared reprisals for speaking out — not just from the criminal mobs that looted their stores, but from city government officials who have expressed more solidarity with the rioters than with the shop owners who experienced the brunt of their rage.

Republicans need to heed call for justice.

Kentucky US Senate candidate Charles Booker gets it right when he says, “If you are saying you are going to stand up for people, then do it.”

The president didn’t use tear gas, no siree, the former governor assures us.

As rioters tear down city streets and shoot and kill cops amid protests for “social justice,” Gov. Tony Evers is calling on the Legislature to quickly pass legislation that would generally outlaw the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers.

Wisconsin’s leaders don’t want riots. They swear it. They support peaceful demonstrations and condemn racism in all its forms, but they absolutely, positively don’t want violence, arson, and looting. They just can’t stop acting like they do.

Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry’s main message in a recent interview was to ask whether we will learn from the pandemic or return to a status quo that was not good for the overwhelming majority of American families.

Congress should act quickly and give the program the boost it needs to help our COVID-19 recovery. Let’s reach across the aisle, extend and expand sound economic job creation policies.

Businesses that take adequate precautions to keep their businesses safe and open should be shielded from predatory lawsuits alleging liability for an invisible virus spreading throughout our communities.

It is incumbent upon neighbors, friends, and local authorities to start thinking on how we are going to help the most vulnerable handle the heat.

As the county sheriff, I commit to join my fellow law enforcement leaders at the local, state and national levels to pick up the mantel of building public trust and the legitimacy of law enforcement.

To be sure, there are peaceful protesters standing up for justice, but they, too, are being attacked by the anarchists and plain criminals that have come for the “free stuff.”

As the nation’s attention focused last week on the news that another unarmed African American man had died while in police custody, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes joined the discussion as someone who acknowledges, “I am tired of addressing the disregard for Black life in this country.”

Regardless of the party, regardless of the office, we need to expect better from our local leaders. They need to take the appropriate steps to end the rioting now and stop excusing it away.