Trump Threatens To Arrest And Jail Protesters Who Topple Statues | Talking Points Memo

President Trump threatened anti-racism protesters on Tuesday morning, in what has become a common refrain for a president who brandishes a show a force at signs of dissent. This time, sounding off on Twitter to warn that protesters who attempt to vandalize or tear down statues of historical figures – many of whom have links to white supremacy – would be subject to arrest.


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So Lafayette Square is under federal jurisdiction? I thought it was now Black Lives Matter Square and the DC Mayor runs it. Would be kind of nice if the mayor asked protesters to step back while a crane rumbles in to do the job safely. Maybe I’m wrong?

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Pissed-off Citizenry Threaten to Topple Rogue President.
Humpty-Trumpty Set To Take ‘Great Fall’.

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“…sounding off on Twitter to warn that protesters who attempt to vandalize or tear down statues of historical figures – many of whom have links to white supremacy – would be subject to arrest.”

I’m guessing that’s not news to any of them and they’re OK with it

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Do “anarchists” organize and have clearly defined goals? I suggest another bunker inspection.

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More empty threats, more demonstrations of ineptitude

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Shut up

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That feckin’ statue’s coming down…perhaps today!

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As if iDJiT wrote that.

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Oof. He’s really going out with a whimper.

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If only Trump had authorized testing/tracing/DPA for PPE/SD+Wearing Face Mask as quickly as he has authorized jailing protesters against Confederate statues…

And

If only Trump did NOT slow Covid-19 testing…

Then thousands of Americans could have been save from COVID-19 Infection and demise!

Trump Death Clock = approximately 72k+

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1274344726913855488

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oh, oh, oh more meaning less shit from the pansy in chief…

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Let’s stop with the statues, and move on to dictators.

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Wow. Imagine if we treated families seeking political asylum with a tenth the reverence we give to bronzed likenesses of our most famous racists.

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The mayor was renaming streets, the park itself is the feds.

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Remember Fatso has the oil portrait of Andrew Jackson hanging in the Oval Office.

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Because tearing down statues is so much worse than police shootings.

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BLM Plaza n Lafayette Square are two separate places.

Though Mayor Bowser has authority regarding BLM Plaza, DC isn’t a state.

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More breast-beating and stomping around.

Yawn. This is sooooooo boooooooring!! :yawning_face:

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Sez the Great and Powerful Oz…