Trump Rebuffs Protests Over Systemic Racism and Calls Police ‘Great People’

By artappraiser on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 8:37pm |

In a meeting with law enforcement officials, Mr. Trump said he opposed any defunding or dismantling of police departments, which many demonstrators have been demanding to address police violence.

"In a meeting last week with roughly two dozen White House aides, campaign officials and surrogates, Mr. Trump expressed unhappiness about Mr. Floyd’s killing but immediately said the country needed law and order..." https://t.co/jGPSs4GFra
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2020

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"He also mused about how he has asked people whether they prefer being called 'black' or 'African-American,' an issue he had his campaign research." https://t.co/jGPSs4GFra
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2020

"At another point, Mr. Trump talked about the protesters, questioning whether they were peaceful and citing the fire last week at St. John’s Church, a block from the White House." Trump told the group his aide Johnny McEntee had suggested the line https://t.co/jGPSs4GFra
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2020

"He said nothing more broadly about police treatment of black people in the United States. Instead, he meandered as he talked, saying that he had signed legislation overhauling criminal justice in 2018 not because it was an issue that he was passionate about..." 1/
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2020

"....but because Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, had wanted him to." 2/2 https://t.co/jGPSs4GFra
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 8:43pm

Trump has started to blame Kushner for campaign meltdown, per source. Also, in private, Mattis told people Trump is a “proto neo-fascist.” My latest:https://t.co/vhnFyAMaCE
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) June 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 9:31pm

threats of lawsuit just to humor a twisted vision of reality; believe hard enough and it can be true:

This is a formal request. There is a letter from a lawyer. https://t.co/Fcwanm0Xb9
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2020

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— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 4:21pm

Jared “I have an app for that” Kushner strikes again. https://t.co/MHRuY1iFfz
— Lincoln's Bible (@LincolnsBible) June 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 9:38pm

This is ridiculous. The Trump campaign is running ads in DC just sonTrump can see them.. https://t.co/AmvLywD8gg
— Todd Eberly (@ToddEberly) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 1:42am

I'm taking bets that Trump is gonna pick up on this as a meme; O'Meara's style is right up his alley (do note that O'Meara frames it all around cops being unfairly "stained" by Minneapolis and calls what happened to Floyd "disgusting"). It amplifies his "fine people" narrative:

WATCH New York police boss Mike O'Meara went off on the media today:

"Stop treating us like animals and thugs and start treating us with some respect ... Our legislators abandoned us. The press is vilifying us. It's disgusting." pic.twitter.com/CXOPARKff7
— August Takala (@AugustTakala) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 3:11pm

P.S.: Victimhood!

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 3:11pm

President Trump took to Twitter this morning to accuse a 75-year-old protester injured by the police in Buffalo last week of being an "Antifa provocateur."
Back home, his 85-year-old neighbor said of him: "Antifa? Oh, heavens no." https://t.co/G53Xsxo4va
— Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 3:26pm

It's great to have Claire on Twitter doing Senator-splainin':

The entire US Senate knew about this tweet almost immediately. That’s how the Senate works. His communications director advised him of the tweet and there was a discussion about how to handle it. Unless his staff is completely incompetent. But pretty sure he’s just lying. https://t.co/XX9coG9SgU
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 3:29pm

Another Senator's prepared reaction (has good staff, no doubt!)

The story Trump is referencing was written by a Russian working for the Kremlin’s propaganda agency.

Get ready - this is the next 5 months. Russia and the Trump campaign openly collaborating to spread lies and manipulate the election. https://t.co/oByyMqiy26
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 4:46pm

-------Commercial break for this important public service announcement (and that public includes me)-------

Don’t get distracted by his tweets.
Covid cases on the rise.
Stock market propped up by the fed
Rascism ain’t over
30 million jobless according to the BLS 20% unemployment.
Tried to get the military to beat us down.
Be safe, be aware, this ain’t over.
Good afternoon.
— Christopher Titus (@TitusNation) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 5:28pm

Emoluments alert

We're gonna take a wild guess that you probably did, Sir Lies-A-Lot. https://t.co/yKeLpXWeNo
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) June 11, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 7:38am

This is a wonderfully poignant short story in four panels. https://t.co/YLDntn7cy4
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 11, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 9:55am

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