National Security Adviser: Trump's Threat to Shoot Protesters Was Attempt to 'De-Escalate Violence'
White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien insisted on Sunday morning that President Donald Trump’s inflammatory tweets calling on law enforcement to release “vicious dogs” and the military to shoot protesters were actually attempts by the president to “deescalate violence.”
Over the past few days, as protests over Minneapolis police killing an unarmed black man have grown increasingly more intense and violent, the president has fired off several incendiary tweets demanding cops and the military take swift action.
In one notorious tweet, the president exclaimed that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” a phrase that dates back to the 1960s when a Miami police chief vowed a take-no-prisoners approach to unrest in black neighborhoods. The president’s tweet was later deemed by Twitter to violate its rules about glorifying violence.
During a slate of Sunday news show appearances, O’Brien waved off any concerns about the president’s remarks as the protests rage out of control. CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed the national security adviser on the matter, noting that both Republican and Democratic governors have suggested Trump’s tweets are stoking more anger.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-security-adviser-trump-threat-150914148.html
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