A representative of the Heritage Foundation made the claim in a recent NYT interview that the violence associated with the demonstrations following the George Floyd murder was worse than January 6. This is a claim frequently made by members of the right. What does it tell us about their priorities?
January 6 was about subverting the Constitution and the will of the voters; the BLM actions resulted in property damage. Heritage–and it is not alone–attaches more value to torched convenience stores than to liberal democracy.