The Bush family is seriously considering voting for Biden.
A while back, I had some strong consideration about this.
Could a former president from a different party endorse the rival party's presidential nominee?
It was a sacred oath to not criticize the successor. But it's getting really frustrating for the four former presidents. I know that Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, Bill Clinton, the 42nd president and Barack Obama, the 44th president have endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for president.
But wouldn't it be shocking that a former Republican president just comes out and endorses the Democratic nominee for president over the Republican nominee who is currently the incumbent president?
I believed that George W. Bush, the 43rd president will come out and endorse Biden for president as a rebuke to Donald J. Trump and Republicans.
Tensions were simmering between Bush and Trump. It went back when his brother Jeb was then the Republican leading candidate. Trump had practically gotten free coverage from Fox News, MSNBC and CNN. His outlandish campaign for president was considered a joke. Many in the country believed he was going to get trounced in the general.
Boy we were wrong.
Trump managed to eek out a win against the global pick Hillary Clinton.
The former first lady, senator and secretary of state became the Democratic nominee for president in 2016. She faced an onslaught of misinformation from Trump, her former rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and the social media platforms. The social media platforms had spread gossip about Clinton's health, her emails and her role in the Benghazi tragedy. It was amplified by Russia and pushed by Trump's most loyal allies. Wikileaks also harmed Clinton by releasing the Democratic National Committee's emails.
Roger Stone, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen and many others pushed Bush and many other Republicans out for Trump.
Now with Trump in the White House we have seen "America on Fire."
We have a global pandemic where over 120,000 Americans dying from the coronavirus.
We have unrest in many American cities due to police brutality and income inequality.
We have an unemployment rate that has reached depression era levels. We have over 45 million Americans out of the labor force due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have nearly $30 trillion in accumulated debt. The debt ceiling will have to be risen again because we're on the brink of a collapse of the economy.
The world has no faith in the United States leading. With the elections only five months away, Trump will use foreign interference to win his reelection.
The Bush family have gotten along with the Obamas, Clintons, Bidens and Carter family.
George W. Bush was never impeached despite nearly crashing the economy, running two foreign wars and dividing our country with the culture wars. He was loved by Republicans and loathed by Democrats.
Fast forward 10 years later, Bush is quiet and not making too much noise. He sits back grinding his teeth watching Trump fuck up his legacy as well as Clinton and Obama's legacies.
George W. Bush is still hated among many but he's no where near the levels as Donald J. Trump.
As usual, Fox News took a look at the claims of a Bush endorsement.
Token agitator Juan Williams said that a Bush endorsement could give Trump the ammo to label Biden a part of the status quo.
"Imagine if former President Bush, as Trump's most recent Republican predecessor, backed a Democrat. Bush’s voice has the singular power to reach moderate Republicans and Republican-leaning independent voters, freeing them to walk away from the Party of Trump," said Williams.
Hillary Clinton predicts Trump will crash the economy, destroy American values and cause global unrest. So far, she's right on most of the predictions. At the funeral for George H.W. Bush, the Trump family had a brief greeting with the formers. But during the funeral the Trump family ignored the formers.
Trump has banned Barack and Michelle Obama from the White House. Usually in the middle of the final year of a first term president, the current would unveil a portrait of the predecessor.
Trump formally cancelled the event and banned Obama from the property.
The four living presidents have quietly complained about Trump, Fox News and his controversial legacy. Obama continues to be a target of Trump.
Before the unrest, Trump was banking on "Obamagate" and "You Ain't Black" as weapons to undermine Biden.
George W. Bush endorsing Joe Biden for president. Would it be a good idea or bad idea?
Right now with unrest in the country and the lack of empathy for Americans frustrated with social norms in the country, Bush is likely to speak out against Trump.
Bush's dad, the late George H.W. Bush was no fan of Trump. The 41st president was angry over the way Trump insulted the late senator and 2008 Republican presidnetial nominee John McCain. It was told that every time Trump spoke on television, the former president would throw his shoe at his image.
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.
Muriel Bowser said Trump's remarks on protests in the United States weren't helpful.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump is considering labeling an unorganized movement known as antifa (Anti-Fascists) as a terrorist organization.
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.
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.
Protests today in Washington, DC are expected to get violent.
It's not clear whether the measure was repeated in the two subsequent nights of protest around the White House, but the protesters weren’t as close to the fence on those nights as they were on Friday.
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.
The police are getting overworked by the protests.
"Our country always wins. That is why I am taking immediate presidential action to stop the violence."
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.
The knee on the neck tactic came from the Israeli military. Israel is responsible for the deadly police tactics that killed George Floyd. Remember, Israel gets billions of dollars from the United States.
They repay the country with military tactics in case of a civil war.
The controversial mayor of New York City and former Democratic candidate for president Bill de Blasio's daughter was arrested by the New York Police Department over the weekend.
Chiara de Blasio, the oldest daughter of de Blasio and Chirlane McClain was protesting the death of George Floyd and past death of Eric Garner.
The 25 year old activist was taken into custody around 10:30pm after the cops declared an unlawful assembly in Manhattan. Her dad issued a mandatory city-wide curfew for the five boroughs.
She had allegedly been blocking traffic on the Broadway and was arrested for not moving.
The NYPD is under scrutiny for their actions towards protesters. Some were abusing their authority by plowing into protesters. Some slammed protesters to the ground. Some have spread directly into the faces of protesters. One protester lost an eye after they shot a tear gas canister into his face.
Some of the NYPD were flashing symbols symbolic with the white nationalist movement.
Chiara is bisexual like her mother and is very prominent activist in the city.
De Blasio told his children about how being Black in America can be dangerous. The police union and Fox News attacked him for "dishonoring" cops.
Her father is often ridiculed by the left and right for his handling of the city.
De Blasio supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) after he dropped out the race. He would later endorse Joe Biden for president.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has slammed the NYPD and Sergeants Benevolent Union for tweeting confidential information about Chiaria's arrest in an attempt to taunt her father.
The union is controversial. SBA and PBA presidents Ed Mullins and Patrick Lynch are divisive figures who support Donald J. Trump for president. They have posted racially offensive tweets in the past and have members of their unions called Blacks and Barack Obama racial slurs.
Yet they're still in power and protesters have singled them and Fox News out for promoting racism and police brutality in the city.
Twitter removed the tweet but some managed to get the screenshots.
A major NYPD police union, the Sergeant Benevolent Association, just...doxxed De Blasio's daughter, tweeting out PII (redacted) including her government IDI #'s (h/t @dellcam) pic.twitter.com/koXniZh80O
NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings. They could‘ve killed them, &we don’t know how many they injured.
NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.@NYCMayor these officers need to be brought to justice, not dismissed w/“internal reviews.” https://t.co/oIaBShSC1S
The mayor on Monday commented on his daughter’s arrest during a Manhattan protest over the police-involved killing of George Floyd, saying that it was a “surprise” to him, but that he’s “proud” of her.
“I love my daughter deeply, I honor her. I’m proud of her that she cares so much, she was willing to go out there and do something about it,” said de Blasio, who noted that when he found out Chiara was busted, he and McCray asked her to “recount” what happened.
“She was acting peacefully,” the mayor said. “She believes everything she did was in the spirit of peaceful, respectful protest.”
The New York SBA had to pull the tweet of Chiara's mugshot because they were malicious in their actions.
Chiara was taken into police custody around 10:30 p.m. Saturday after cops declared an unlawful assembly at 12th Street and Broadway, sources previously said.
The mayor’s daughter, who was ultimately given a desk appearance ticket, was allegedly blocking traffic on Broadway and was busted after refusing to move.
According to Chiara’s arrest report — which was tweeted out by the NYPD sergeants’ union Sunday night but later deleted — Chiara was with 100 other protesters at the intersection of 12th Street and Broadway.
There was “yelling and screaming and unknown objects were being thrown in the direction of the police,” the arrest report says, which added that Chiara was advised by the NYPD to leave, but she “refused to do so.”
NYPD ran over protestters.
De Blasio said, “I trust my daughter. She is an incredibly good human being.”
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The George Floyd protests are getting more intense. Some in Washington, DC are going to get rough.
Muriel Bowser, Washington, DC's mayor has activated the national guard. Trump is also ordering the U.S. military to assist with the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Park Police in handling protesters.
On Friday, Trump and Mike Pence's families were rushed to the underground bunker below the White House after the protesters breached the outer wall.
A restaurant owner was shot and killed by the Louisville Metro Police. Protests are to intensify.
Tensions will be elevated tonight in Louisville, Kentucky. In the wake of the Breonna Taylor shooting, the Louisville-Jefferson County Metropolitan Police (LMPD) are doing damage control once again for a shooting of an unarmed Black man in the wake of protests.
The George Floyd Protests have spread from coast to coast. Cities like Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Cincinnati and even in Dayton have incidents where police shot unarmed suspects and no cop ever being charged for criminal murder.
The incident in late May has sparked unrest in Minneapolis and soon St. Paul. By the week's end, it was all over the United States.
White instigators have encouraged arson, looting and vandalism in attempts to undermine the message of the protests. The protesters want police to value Black lives.
They want police to stop shooting unarmed suspects of color. Stop treating white people with kid gloves and people of color with two fists.
So much is needed.
But in Louisville, they need body cameras on everyday.
Mayor Greg Fischer has fired out the cannon the chief of police after two incidents happened during the protest. A terrorist opened fire on protesters and injured seven.
All shooting victims are "stable and recovering", said Fischer.
And of course, the shooting of a restaurant owner who had nothing to do with the shooting Monday morning.
YaYa's family express outrage over the LMPD's actions.
The mayor thanked the majority of protesters who didn't resort to looting and vandalizing property in the city. He said that he has empathy for the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
David McAttee, 53, the owner of YaYa's BBQ in west Louisville was shot and killed by the law on early Monday morning.
He was known as a community pillar in the community. His grieving mother, Odessa Riley said her son was not involved in violence and didn't deserve this fate.
"He left a great legend behind. He was a good person. Everybody around him would say that," she said. "My son didn't hurt nobody. He didn't do nothing to nobody."
Riley was among the hundreds of protesters who swarmed the coroner of 26th and Broadway in Louisville. The LMPD and National Guard were dispersing the crowd when there were gunshots.
The National Guard and LMPD opened fire on the crowd.
"He would give law enforcement officers free meals."
And they killed him.
Do me a favor and never talk about how "we just need black communities police to understand each other better" again. Thanks. https://t.co/HFC4DxsEcX
David McAtee was shot and killed by LMPD officers and the National Guard this morning. Family and witnesses say law enforcement should have never been there. McAtee was serving food at his bbq spot at the time.
A powerful moment happened on 26th and Broadway when family went to see the body of David McAtee.
The crowd was silent, except for one woman. pic.twitter.com/cUNyQuLTX5
They cops had no body cameras on them and the terrorist who shot at them isn't caught. The victim ends up likely being a civilian but they'll get to the bottom of it.
The Louisville Courier Journal had spoke to McAtee some time back. They said that he helped serve hot plates to the homeless and needy in the community.
"Mr. McAtee would help us with Californian Day for at least 15 years, if not longer," said Greg Cotton, Jr, who lives in the Middletown neighborhood of the city. "He was one of the ones who would donate all his time and all his food; everybody could just come up and take it and he wouldn't charge because it was for the neighborhood."
The police chief Steve Conrad was promptly fired out the cannon two months before his retirement.
He was relieved of his duties after it was revealed that incidents like this and the police shooting pepper bullets on a journalist were not recorded on body cameras.
The shooting a local journalist and her cameraman were shot with pepper bullets during a live newscast. Kaitlin Rust worked for WAVE-TV was injured on Friday night when she was being forced off the streets during the mayor's curfew.
It got violent that night.
Rust and her cameraman condemned the attack. The mayor has since called the two to formally apologize.
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has ordered the national guard to monitor cities like Louisville, Bowling Green, Lexington, Frankfort, Paducah and the Northern Kentucky cities (the suburbs of Cincinnati).
Fischer has ordered a 9pm curfew for the city and downtown. The protest are expected to turn violent in the wake of David's death.
The cops were placed in the freezer pending an investigation into whether justifiable force was used.
Again, our opinions of the suspect or the deceased doesn't matter. The families of David "YaYa" McAtee and Breonna Taylor wants clear answers to why they were victims of police violence.
We're just sideline acts.
During the day, the protests were peaceful but soon turned violent after tear gas was deployed.
The status quo of the gun culture. Now is not the time to talk about gun violence!
If there were more security guards and more civilians (aka the good guy) with a gun.......
They learn how to use firearms from watching (or listening) to gangsta rap.
They watch violent movies.
They don't have fathers or mothers in their lives and it results in them committing criminal acts.
Look at his history with police....
Blah, blah, blah...
Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government. They are enabling this. Donald J. Trump, Congress and the National Rifle Association are a bunch of lily-livered cowards. They are numb to gun violence.
The "good guy" with a firearm is the most dangerous person to have a firearm. Matter of fact, the NICE GUYS are often the ones who are spurned by society. Bad relationships, losing your job, jealousy over promotions, family feuds and racism are typical NICE GUY issues.
NICE GUYS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS WITH A FIREARM. THE NICE GUY GETS SPURNED BY SOCIETY. THEY TAKE REVENGE ON SOCIETY. RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE JUST A PIECE OF PAPER. THEY WILL NOT (I REPEAT) STOP A "MAD" INDIVIDUAL FROM OBTAINING A FIREARM.
Don't you just want to scream!?
Scream in the faces of these damn lawmakers whenever they offer their "thoughts and prayers" to every fucking mass shooting in the United States. They will offer their condolences and say a word vomit how they sympathize with the deceased. Some here will tell us that "now isn't the time to talk." Others will say that "the NRA has too much influence on gun laws."
We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will experience another mass shooting. The next mass shooting will be even worse than the last one.
I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths. I hear the same old talking points about "good guys with guns" and "god's given rights."
Every time these folks offer "thoughts and prayers," "their condolences," "their hearts going out to," and "their apologies," they are not sincere. For every naming of a road, park, bench, building and holiday, it won't matter to the community. For every time they lower flags, offer moments of silence and candlelight vigils, we just offer "feel good-isms."
The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence.
Military vehicles were deployed in the region and folks were being ordered off the streets.
We have mass shootings in the United States everyday. We are the only country in the world that continues to do nothing about this. Donald J. Trump, Congress, the National Rifle Association and agitators in the junk food media have moved on from dealing with this. They're too busy sniping over partisan blame games. With Trump being impeached while in office, he's unlikely to focus on gun violence.
Trump and lawmakers elected to federal office made politics extremely toxic. It's not just the fault of our dear leader and lawmakers, but relentless agitators on the 24/7 cable news channels. They are profiting off division and divisiveness. The internet is also a problem. It's is a breeding ground for potential mass shooters. Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media outlets have been "ground zero" for disinformation, partisan threats and social activism. Incels and social outcasts find their outlets on sites that inspire them to cause harm to their fellow human beings.
It never happens in your community.......! Until it does! Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. A mass shooting will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how "guns save lives." They don't. The only thing that survives a gun shooting is the gun.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP! I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO GOD! GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.
When people of color are shoot and killed by the police, will their medical and past history with arrest become an issue for the media to exploit?
Every poll that I put out has some stupid ass troll picking the most dumbest answers. So don't be surprised if the polls will have a troll.
You are warned, do not use the services of (Jeffery) Shaun King. Please avoid this individual. He doesn't represent Black Lives Matter in anyway.
JR Smith told the junk food media, don't blame him for serving a guy who destroyed his property.
NBA star J.R. Smith was caught on camera beating down a white instigator who was there to cause chaos in the wake of the fatal killing of George Floyd.
He was seen on video serving a white man a healthy portion of knuckle style chili.
Born Earl Joseph Smith III is a 6'6'' free agent who is played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and declared free agency in 2019. He was part of the 2016 NBA Champions with LeBron James. He is a small forward and point guard. He is married to Jewel Harris and has two children from her and one from a previous relationship.
He was once mocked by then president Barack Obama for not wearing a shirt.
He is an all around good guy. Just don't piss him off!
On celebrity agitating website TMZ (TMZ Sports), he was caught on Sunday serving a hot plate to a man who allegedly damaged his truck during the protests in Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd.
Smith is seen serving a hot swift kick to the man and then knuckles up on him after he got up.
The white instigator broke a window on Smith's vehicle. Smith saw that shit and took action.
Caught the guy flatfooted.
Smith was parked in a residential area and not anywhere near any stores or businesses affect by the protests.
"I chased him down and whipped his ass," Smith said on social media.
Smith said in the video that he wanted to make it clear that his retaliation wasn't because the man was white.
"This ain't no hate crime. I ain't got no problem with nobody who ain't got no problem with me. It's a problem with the motherfucking system. That's it," Smith said.
Smith said that he sympathizes with the protests however, he is no fan of white instigators trying to sow discourse and undermine the message of changing the status quo.
"You want to peacefully protest -- a hundred percent, we can do that all day. But once you get to vandalizing people's personal property that has nothing to do with nothing -- and a hundred percent, honestly, I'm the only black guy on my block; I'm the only black person on this corner," he said the Pat McAfee Show.
"So for you to randomly just -- thinking you're doing something for the people, the one black person who was able to get out of the situation and move into a nice neighborhood and do all of those things that we aspire to do, you broke that person's window without even knowing. So it's like, people are consistently doing stuff, when you don't even know what you're doing it for or why you're doing it -- out of all the people -- a hundred percent."
Smith is a 15-year NBA veteran. He has played 11 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers before being waived in 2019.
Protesters are toppling Confederate statues in the United States.
BE WARNED SOME OF THE VIDEOS ARE GRAPHIC.
America is on fire.
Again, suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. There are incidents of theft, lootin, arson, felonious assault, criminal destruction, homicide, tampering with evidence, violating curfews and numerous misdemeanors. I cannot determine if any of these people were criminally charged.
The three months of uncertainty. June, July and August.
These are the months of Summer. The "Long Hot Summer" is a phrase that was coined in the late 1960s. When racial tensions reached a peak during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, there were unrest in urban centers.
Police are overwhelmed by the protests. The governors are overwhelmed by COVID-19 and unrest in their states. They look to the American president. He's looking towards Fox News and far-right outlets to channel his direction.
Under President Donald J. Trump, the United States has over $28.9 trillion in debt. Trump has spent more than most presidents in modern history. He was handed a healthy economy under his predecessor Barack Obama. In a mere 3 1/2 years, Trump and the Republican Party has place the United States in a state of uncertainty.
The Lamestream Media is doing everything within their power to foment hatred and anarchy. As long as everybody understands what they are doing, that they are FAKE NEWS and truly bad people with a sick agenda, we can easily work through them to GREATNESS!
“I don’t see any indication that there were any white supremest groups mixing in. This is an ANTIFA Organization. It seems that the first time we saw it in a major way was Occupy Wall Street. It’s the same mindset.” @kilmeade@foxandfriends TRUE!
“These were the people that trashed Seattle years ago. Who’s paying for these people. I was appalled that 13 of Joe Biden’s staff were donating money to bail people out in Minneapolis. They should have stayed in jail until this is over (and beyond).” @newtgingrich@foxandfriends
Sleepy Joe Biden’s people are so Radical Left that they are working to get the Anarchists out of jail, and probably more. Joe doesn’t know anything about it, he is clueless, but they will be the real power, not Joe. They will be calling the shots! Big tax increases for all, Plus!
We have over 115,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus. COVID-19 has been the most prevalent in the United States. African Americans, elderly, first responders and journalists are most at risk for the coronavirus. Trump was warned by the World Health Organization and his own intelligence agencies. He had called it a "Democrat hoax" and said that the virus will disappear.
Now he's calling himself a "bull in a China shop" when it comes to handling a pandemic that has no signs of easing up. He was too focused on trying to pass that "wonderful" trade deal with China.
Trump said that he was "stopped the virus" by closing off travel from China. His "travel bans" did not stop the coronavirus from spreading. The virus doesn't know borders. Folks are asystematic and they probably didn't know they had it traveling from the places where the infection rates were high.
He all but ripped it up by trying to impose sanctions on the China, cut funding to the WHO, punish countries that supported the decisions to take action before the United States and blame Obama for his own handling of the pandemic. Mind you that COVID-19 is a new disease and no one knew about the virus. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, then National Security Advisor John Bolton have eliminated the White House Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents. He dismantled the rapid response team and poorly prepared for the pandemic. The pandemic warnings went as far back to October 2019 when the United States was ranked one of the least prepared countries for a disruption to normality.
We are the leading nation in gun violence, coronavirus cases, global pollution and polarization.
Gun violence continues despite the "thoughts and prayers" and "our hearts going out to."
There's been over 250 mass shootings in the United States. Many of these mass shootings don't get the national attention they deserve. Because all mass shootings start off local right.
We have unrest in the United States.
Since the killing of George Floyd, it became the match that lit a flame.
Trump aimed at Joe Biden for siding with the protesters.
Protests across most urban communities with demands to stop dehumanizing Black people.
Stop insulting our intelligence.
Stop profiting off our pain.
Stop advocating division.
Stop profiling us.
Stop killing us.
Stop intimidating us.
Stop making us the "villains."
Across the nation, we have seen American protesters light fires to historical monuments. They have toppled Confederate statues. They had burned down entities of racism.
Trump called governors weak for not stopping the rioting in the country.
The New York Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department and Atlanta Police Department are doing damage control after incidents of brutality and white nationalism showed up on social media.
White supremacist undercover cops @ NYPD at protest rally flashing the white power hand sign. pic.twitter.com/3wpGugtp6X
FIRED: Two Atlanta Police officers were fired after video showed them pulling two college students out of their car, tasing them, and arresting the pair during protests Saturday night. https://t.co/YfRljXmUGGpic.twitter.com/9nNwPyOh8O
Video from one of the APD body cameras that led to the firing of two Atlanta police officers. Police tried repeatedly to stop a car during Saturday’s protests, before ultimately using a taser to remove two college students from the vehicle. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/PFNWFiDGFp
Mayor #KeishaLanceBottoms announced Sunday night that two #Atlanta police officers have been terminated after a viral video showed them using excessive force in the arrest of two college students during protests Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/gOjZDoxeyQ
There were some white people who wanted to instigate and disrupt the "Justice for George Floyd" protests. A white man was swinging a sword or machete at protesters. He was beaten up and left unconscious.
I won't mention his name. The man was rushed to the hospital after he was attacked by 10 to 15 men during a night of mayhem in the wake of protests that turned into intermittent rioting and looting all across the country.
Found this video going around of what happened in Dallas. People saying he had a 'sword' or 'machete' and that he attacked first, but this clearly shows otherwise. The mob attacked him first, he charged back for whatever reason and they beat him senseless in the street. pic.twitter.com/lNoYzqBCWJ
This video captured the assault and shows a gang of black and white people surrounding the white man as he is beaten and kicked on the ground. Additional video shows part of the confrontation that lead up to the attack and shows people throwing objects towards the man.
The New York Police Department caught on camera by Global News Canada trying to plow protesters.
There was a Black man who was shot and killed in an Omaha restaurant by a white extremist. That white extremist was upset over a discussion he overheard about Black Lives Matter. James Scurlock, a 22-year-old protester was shot and killed by some white extremist. An Omaha bar owner allegedly shot him and is in police custody being questioned about the shooting. The bar where he was shot was destroyed by protesters.
Last night, here in Omaha, a 22 year old black protestor James Scurlock was murdered on video by a white supremacist business owner who had been hurling the N-word at protestors all night.
The cops detained the killer Jake Gardner, but *then released him*.
A white man in Salt Lake City tried to attack protesters with a crossbow. He was there instigating by shouting "ALL LIVES MATTER" and shouting epithets at protesters. He was aiming his crossbow at protesters. As soon as he shot off an arrow, he was confronted and beaten badly. His vehicle was turned over and set on fire.
turns out the bow and arrow guy, Brandon McCormick, pulled the same stunt earlier today, but with a machete or other very large knife instead. pic.twitter.com/4N4gqws6nH
— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) May 31, 2020
THIS IS INSANE! This guy pointed A BOW AND ARROW at protesters in Salt Lake City. Thankfully he was ambushed and stopped! His car was subsequently flipped and burned by the crowd.
A witness said the man drove up near a crowd of protesters at 200 East and 400 South. The witness said the man got out of the vehicle with a large knife attached to his side and pulled out a bow and arrow and attempted to shoot someone.
The junk food media saw protesters tackled the man to the ground. Police officers in the area pulled the man from the crowd and took him into custody.
Shortly thereafter, a black vehicle which some witnesses said belonged to the man with the bow and arrow was flipped over by protesters and lit on fire.
Two women in Madison were caught on camera throwing rocks and kicking windows at a store.
This little white girl—who will certainly face no repercussions—just kicked in a window in Madison, WI.
She is NOT a protester.
The woman comes from a suburb of Madison and was caught on camera starting trouble. She was called out by protesters to not act like that. It was revealed that she took pictures with Donald Trump, Jr. in one of her school photos.
Confederate statues in the south are being toppled over. In the South, many of the protesters have toppled statues of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest monuments.
The Floyd family have called for justice. They want all the four officers to be charged with first-degree murder. The independent autopsy said that George died from asphyxiation. Derek Chauvin is facing second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and three-degree murder.
Today, Trump had made a phone call to the governors. He called them "weak" and told them that they should take action now to stop the unrest.
"You have to dominate. If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time,” Trump said, according to a person listening to a White House call with the nation's governors.
According to a source on the call, Trump was "annoyed" with the governors for their response to the protests and urged law enforcement to crack down and make more arrests. "You've got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you'll never see this stuff again," Trump said, according to the source.
The Robert E Lee memorial is defaced by protesters.
Trump was described by one person on the call as "losing it," with another saying the president called the governors "fools" and expressed anger with Democratic mayors in particular over the protests and unrest ravaging cities nationwide.
Trump said that other countries watching the situation unfold think Americans are pushovers.
"You have to dominate. If you don't dominate, you’re wasting your time," the president said, according to a person listening in.
The president also called the initial response in Minneapolis "weak and pathetic" and said that protestors have likely spread out to other cities. The person said Trump seemed obsessed with "antifa," or anti-fascists, and Occupy Wall Street, which he said was handled well by comparison and "just went away one day."
During the call, Trump claimed to have intelligence showing who the "bad actors" and professional instigators are, though he did not elaborate.
Trump also asked states to enact laws against flag burning in what the source described it as "a rant."
The White House billed the event as a "video teleconference with governors, law enforcement, and national security officials on keeping American communities safe."
George's family calls for the ex-cops to be tried for first-degree murder.
Several governors pushed back on Trump's narrative, including J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat, the source said. Maine Gov. Janet Mills, also a Democrat, said she was concerned about the president visiting her state this week "because of security." Maine is home to Puritan Medical Products, the company the administration compelled through the Defense Production Act to produce coronavirus testing swabs.
Trump's response to the unrest has been to call for stronger law enforcement rather than calling for calm or addressing the concerns about police brutality and racism that many protestors say drove them to come out. Critics say an escalation in force would exacerbate already high tensions between protestors and the police.
After another night of protests led to fires and vandalism blocks from the White House, Trump spent Monday morning on Twitter blaming the unrest on antifa and accusing staffers of former Vice President Joe Biden of "working to get the anarchists out of jail."
Trump had no public events scheduled for Monday, after not appearing in public on Sunday.
George Floyd's name will be etched in 2020.
Trump's advisers have been divided over what role the president should take in responding to the widest unrest the country has seen in decades. Some say the president should focus his message on Floyd, the black man who died last week at the hands of Minneapolis police, and urge calm.
Others say the top priority is stopping the violence and looting that have taken place in some areas, arguing that the best path to that end is strong police tactics, not presidential speeches.
