Pritzker last week had called Trump a "racist, misognyist, homophobe" after the president had tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in response to the Floyd protests. they have quite clearly, many of them, failed to do their job." "It is their responsibility to police their streets. Whitmer would be dismayed at the president telling governors to do their job" Kayleigh McEnany, White House spokeswoman, said when asked about Whitmer's comments at Monday's press briefing. This is a moment that calls for empathy, humanity, and unity." "The president's dangerous comments should be gravely concerning to all Americans, because they send a clear signal that this administration is determined to sow the seeds of hatred and division, which I fear will only lead to more violence and destruction," Whitmer said. "The president repeatedly and viciously attacked governors, who are doing everything they can to keep the peace while fighting a once-in-a-generation global pandemic." "He said governors should 'dominate' protesters, 'or you'll look like a bunch of jerks,'" Whitmer said.
"Instead of offering support or leadership to bring down the temperature at protests, President Trump told governors to 'put it down' or we would be 'overridden,'" she said. Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America - or how it becomes a better place.Another Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, said in a statement after the call that Trump's remarks during it were "deeply disturbing." "The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. As hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the White House on. Earlier Thursday, Trump said, I feel very, very badly about George Floyd’s death while handcuffed and in the custody of Minneapolis police.
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This tragedy - in a long series of similar tragedies - raises a long overdue question: How do we end systemic racism in our society?" the statement said. Donald Trump was taken to an underground bunker during protests over the death of George Floyd, according to reports. "It is a strength when protesters, protected by responsible law enforcement, march for a better future.
"They are terrorists using idle hate filled students to burn and destroy."īush praised the protesters in his statement, arguing it was "time for us to listen" - not "the time for us to lecture." Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to 22 and a half years for. "The phony protesters near Lafayette were not peaceful and are not real," the letter said. Floyd was murdered in 2020 by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on his neck for 9 minutes during a stop. Trump, meanwhile, has sought to smear peaceful protesters who demonstrated outside of the White House, posting a letter from former attorney John Dowd which called protesters "terrorists." Bush issued a statement last week saying he was "anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country." Bush will not support Trump's re-election either. John McCain, R-Ariz., is "almost certain to support Biden," the outlet reported. Former President George W. But Romney is not ready to back Biden, reportedly mulling whether to write-in his wife Ann, as he did last time, or to vote for someone else.Ĭindy McCain, the widow of 2008 Republican presidential nominee Sen. Several Trump supporters also mocked the tragedy in disturbing photos shared on social media as part of the ‘ George Floyd Challenge.’ On Wednesday, video began circulating online showing two white. Romney, who refused to vote for Trump in 2016, will not support his re-election this year, according to The New York Times. They're going to put you all back in chains," Biden infamously told a predominantly black audience during the campaign. "He's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. Romney was maligned on race by former Vice President Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, during the 2012 presidential campaign. "The death of George Floyd must not be in vain: Our shock and outrage must grow into collective determination to extinguish forever such racist abuse." "No Americans should fear enmity and harm from those sworn to protect us," he tweeted last month.
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