President Trump Is a Clinically Diagnosed Narcissist And A Cheat – Trump’s Niece At least 4,400 arrests have been made, according to the Associated Press. And the fact is we need that anger, we need that to tell us to move forward, it helps us push through this pain to reach the other side, to hopefully greater progress, equality and inclusion and opportunity in our country.”Īcross the country, protests have been mostly peaceful by day but some have turned violent at night, buildings set ablaze, shops looted, police firing rubber bullets and tear gas. “They come armed with bricks and rocks.”įormer vice-president Joe Biden, the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, in contrast sought advice from mayors including Atlanta’s Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chicago’s Lori Lightfoot and Melvin Carter of St Paul, Minneapolis’s “twin city”, who are all African American, on balancing “keeping people safe” while “acknowledging the incredible pain and anger that is the root of these protests”.īiden said on Monday: “People are angry. Maryland governor Larry Hogan said “I agree in peace through strength.” Arizona governor Doug Ducey said “the more aggressive approach does work”. Trump shot back that he didn’t like the Democrat’s “rhetoric either” and said he had repeatedly addressed his horror over Floyd’s death. Illinois governor JB Pritzker said he was “extraordinarily concerned” by Trump’s rhetoric surrounding Floyd’s death, which he said was “making it worse”. “Well, now that sounds a lot different than the governor of Maine,” Trump said. West Virginia governor Jim Justice, a Republican, said: “You come to West Virginia. Maine governor Janet Mills asked for Trump and his team to share intelligence on “professional instigators” from out of state, but also expressed concern about an upcoming visit by Trump. Trump repeatedly said the protesters were from the “radical left” and likened the protests to the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011, speaking favourably of how those protests were forcibly put down. Trump also urged that states should enact laws against flag burning – a first amendment right.
“You had the first part which was weak and pathetic,” he said, “and you had the second part which was domination.” The president described Minnesota as “our experiment” in how to handle the protests. He also said Phil Murphy, another Democrat, “did a very good job in New Jersey.” “Philadelphia, you gotta toughen up … You’ve got a big national guard out there that’s ready to come out and fight like hell.”īut Trump also repeatedly praised Minnesota governor Tim Walz, a Democrat, who he said “knocked out so fast it was like bowling pins”. What’s going on in New York is terrible, it’s terrible. “And we’ll send you national guard if you want. “New York is going to have to toughen up,” Trump said. Trump repeatedly blasted New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, cities with Democratic mayors, in states with Democratic governors. Nonetheless, the president repeatedly warned governors against being “overridden” and argued that if they did not dominate protesters, “you’re wasting your time, they are gonna run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks.” In many states, governors have activated national guard units. The call came amid alarm across the US, as some protests have descended into rioting and looting. “In Washington we’re going to do something people haven’t seen before.” “If you don’t dominate your city and your state, they’re going to walk away with you,” Trump said. In a group call on Monday morning of which the Guardian obtained a recording, the president, accompanied by attorney general Bill Barr and secretary of defense Mark Esper, repeatedly urged participants to act more forcefully. President Donald Trump Calls On Governors To ‘Dominate’ George Floyd Protestsĭonald Trump has urged US governors and law enforcement officials to take a more forceful approach in responding to protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, an African American man who pleaded for air as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against his neck for several minutes.
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