I think we've came to the point where Donald J. Trump and Matt Drudge are no longer on good terms. The conservative agitator has went hard on Trump.
Tensions have never been so high. The last time we had unrest was in 1968 when Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.
The Democratic National Convention in 1968 led to unrest in Chicago.
This unrest is the worst in 50 years. Americans are looting from businesses. They're vandalizing symbolic buildings, monuments,
On Friday night, Trump was rushed into the underground bunker after protesters penatrated a barrier between U.S. Secret Service and the White House. The last time that ever happened was when September 11, 2001 and then vice president Dick Cheney was rushed to the facility while then president George W. Bush was informed that an airline crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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| Muriel Bowser said Trump's remarks on protests in the United States weren't helpful. |
Her presser.
Tonight, Washington, DC's mayor Muriel Bowser issued a citywide curfew.
She also hit at Trump for calling her actions in handling the unrest "weak."
"No one needed to ask to get our police involved because they were already involved," Bowser said.
Just a few moments ago, Trump made his remarks on George Floyd. Well he didn't make remarks on the tragic Floyd killing. He made his "law and order" speech to dog whistle white extremists to show up to protests armed. He said that he wants law enforcement to target protesters who don't leave the city with extreme force.
He didn't have an ounce of compassion for protesters, business owners who were affected by looting, vandalism and arson. He was talking about the incident where a Proud Boy who tried to attack protesters with a machete being injured in a protest in Dallas.
Ridiculous.
LAW & ORDER!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020
Trump was taken to a secure area late Friday as a condition "red" was declared at the White House amid violent protests outside the building sparked by the death of George Floyd, a person familiar with the matter said.
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| Protests today in Washington, DC are expected to get violent. |
Demonstrators skirmished with the U.S. Secret Service in Lafayette Square late Friday alongside an outer ring of temporary fencing set up along the edge of the park, leading to six arrests and “multiple” injuries among the agency’s personnel, the Secret Service said. In a series of tweets Saturday morning, Trump appeared to revel in the potential for violence outside the White House, warning that Friday’s protesters would have been met by "vicious dogs" and "most ominous weapons" had they dared to breach the fence around the property.
Trump declared himself "a law-and-order president" and "ally of all peaceful protesters" as he delivered brief, forceful remarks in opposition to the ongoing demonstrations against police killings of black people, describing the unrest as "acts of domestic terrorism."
"These are not acts of peaceful protests. These are acts of domestic terror. The destruction of innocent life, and the spilling of innocent blood, is an offense to humanity, and a crime against God," Trump said in remarks that lasted less than seven minutes.
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| The police are getting overworked by the protests. |
Trump said he had mobilized "thousands and thousands" of "heavily armed" military personnel to put an end to the protests that were born from criticisms of excessive force by law enforcement.
It wasn't immediately clear, however, what precise changes might be in store for the personnel that have been responding to the demonstrations across the country.
Threatening state governors who have declined to deploy the National Guard, Trump said he would deploy the U.S. military to "quickly resolve the problem for them."
The Rose Garden remarks came as just across the street, law enforcement officers deployed tear gas and shot rubber bullets at peaceful protesters.
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