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Trump Breaks Up Peaceful Protest for Church Photo Op
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/tim-scott-lafayette-square-trump-296238
By MAX COHEN
06/02/2020 11:33 AM EDT
Sen. Tim Scott said Tuesday that protesters in Lafayette Square should not have been cleared with tear gas and rubber bullets to accommodate President Donald Trump's visit to a historic church, a rebuke of the president by the only black Republican in the Senate.
In an interview with POLITICO chief economic correspondent Ben White, Scott (R-S.C.) said he did not think Trump’s visit to St. John's Church — the "church of the presidents" — was helpful and it was not something he would have done.
“But obviously, if your question is, should you use tear gas to clear a path so the president can go have a photo-op, the answer is no,” Scott said, while noting he did not personally see the incident.
Trump has been widely criticized for his visit Monday to St. John's, which forced police and National Guard troops to push peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square. With the park cleared, Trump walked across it to visit the church, which he posed outside of for photographs while holding a Bible. The church, which has been visited by every president since James Madison, was briefly set on fire in its basement over the weekend amid protests and riots sparked by the death of a black man, 46-year-old George Floyd, in Minneapolis police custody.
By MAX COHEN
06/02/2020 11:33 AM EDT
Sen. Tim Scott said Tuesday that protesters in Lafayette Square should not have been cleared with tear gas and rubber bullets to accommodate President Donald Trump's visit to a historic church, a rebuke of the president by the only black Republican in the Senate.
In an interview with POLITICO chief economic correspondent Ben White, Scott (R-S.C.) said he did not think Trump’s visit to St. John's Church — the "church of the presidents" — was helpful and it was not something he would have done.
“But obviously, if your question is, should you use tear gas to clear a path so the president can go have a photo-op, the answer is no,” Scott said, while noting he did not personally see the incident.
Trump has been widely criticized for his visit Monday to St. John's, which forced police and National Guard troops to push peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square. With the park cleared, Trump walked across it to visit the church, which he posed outside of for photographs while holding a Bible. The church, which has been visited by every president since James Madison, was briefly set on fire in its basement over the weekend amid protests and riots sparked by the death of a black man, 46-year-old George Floyd, in Minneapolis police custody.
Hang on @gwb-trading, Washington was well retired at that stage.. 1786?
Yes the Whiskey revolt is a much better example. The reaction in this case was clearly ordered from the top while Washington was president, and "Washington himself rode at the head of an army to suppress the insurgency, with 13,000 militiamen provided by the governors of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania"
Retired??
George Washington was the "President of the 1787 Constitutional Convention." and remained the effective leader of the confederation of states until he started his presidency in 1789 after the Constitution was approved.
The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_Washington
Dude, I am not a white so your statement is racist.
If I am not a white then you can call me whatever you want, it's not racist.
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Either he is a weak beta guy or he is doing it for votes.
I need a coffee, we are out of coffee. Retired from being a general I should have said, he was not yet president.
FYI the Benjamin Lincoln wrong president thing was a joke a little too much in my own head.
Top Republican senators defend Trump's church photo-op after peaceful protesters cleared out
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/congress-republican-reaction-trump-church/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/congress-republican-reaction-trump-church/index.html