If I were an adversary of the US, I'd want to shine light on racial and political division.
I'm sure this type of divide and conquer attack is something they've thought about but not sure if Americans would be capable of recognizing it.
Of course it's playing politics. They're two different countries. Poltics are always what's at play.
> If I were an adversary of the US, I'd want to shine light on racial and political division.
Yes, it's literally classic whataboutism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes
> "And you are lynching Negroes" (Russian: "А у вас негров линчуют", A u vas negrov linchuyut; which also means "Yet, in your [country], [they] lynch Negroes" and the modern translation "And you are lynching black people") are catchphrases that describe or satirize Soviet Union responses to United States criticisms of Soviet human rights violations.[1][2]