Crowds Protest George Floyd Killing And Trump Outside White House | Talking Points Memo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered outside the White House late Friday to protest the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis — and President Donald Trump’s response.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1311720

Truly unbelievable. I seriously hope we make it to January 20, 2021.

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Good. Let him try to go to sleep to the sound of angry, shouting protesters every night. That sound you’re hearing is the sound of your time being almost up, Mr. worst president in history.

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It’s a “sir…” quote, so it likely never happened.

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“Frankly it means when there’s looting, people get shot and they die,” [Trump] said.

Trump has been looting the US Treasury since January 20, 2017, so let the show begin.

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hey, it's just the president of the united states letting everyone know that he's ready and willing to unleash violence against the citizenry. my god you're so bad at this. you could have just said nothing, you know

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 30, 2020

As TPM points out frequently (and for good reason) this sh*t for brains ALWAYS says the quiet part out loud. Agreed @jeffgee1, the quote is just something he fantasizes about (sadistic violence he seriously gets off on) and never happened.

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Look at the body language of the Secret Service guy here. Finger pointed, and it looks like he is yelling. Not exactly what law enforcement calls “de-escalation” tactics. The guy is looking to bash heads.

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You know, bad karma…

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you mean 2021!

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You know back in the day when soldiers went into battle with a sword and a shield they would bang their swords on their shields to make a “fearsome” noise. This would be an awesome display to do to Trump.

(isn’t he going to FL again today for the launch?)

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He’s wearing a bicycle helmet.

Thanks. Corrected.

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Long ago in France and now in Latin American cacerolazos, men and women protesters bang ladles on saucepans.

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Safety first.

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We’ve gone from FDR’s dog Fala to Bull Connors viscous dogs.

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trump needs to be the target from every angle available.
He likes to play the victim role.
Make him one so he knows what a real victim feels.
drive this idiot out of his mind. His breaking point is out there somewhere and it needs to be found and soon.
Cut the head off the poisonous snake and the rest will die by sundown.

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I guess he was just asking about the family, and should they go for ice cream later.

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I worry about how this plays with the sheep who voted for Trump because of “her emails”. All those “others” rioting in the streets is just the kind of thing fascists like to use on fence sitters…

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