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Trump demands more violence

Jun 1st, 2020 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Oh great, apparently Trump is doing a group call with a lot of governors and telling them to use the military to crush protests.

I'm in touch with someone who's on the governors' call with President Trump right now. They and others listening in are alarmed. The president is urging governors to take back the streets, not be "weak," and use force as the nation faces growing racial unrest.

— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 1, 2020

Aides to governors say the president continues to talk. One describes it as a "rant." Says he keeps talking about the need to "dominate" the protests.

— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 1, 2020

One Response to “Trump demands more violence”

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Skeletor
June 1, 2020 at 2:09 pm

This really captures the problem in a nutshell:

Aides to governors say the president continues to talk.