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I never thought the word 'compassion' would ever issue from his piehole, even in this negative context.
Trump: Were Dominating the Street With Compassion When Using Force Against Protesters
Peter Wade
With peaceful protests ongoing nationwide, President Trump continued using harsh rhetoric and called for aggressive police tactics to halt constitutionally-protected demonstrations.
While discussing a forthcoming executive order on police reform at a roundtable event in Dallas on Thursday, the president used terms like force, real strength and real power when describing how law enforcement should handle protests, which are a right guaranteed by the first amendment.
If [authorities] are really gonna have to do a job, if somebody is really bad, youre gonna have to do with it real strength, with real power, the president said.
Trump went on to speak about the backlash he faced following the leaking of audio from a conference call with the nations governors last week, where he told them to crack down hard on protesters, instructing them to dominate the streets. During that call, Trump also encouraged the governors to request military assistance.
I said, were gonna have to dominate the streets
And I was criticized for that statement. And they said, Thats such a terrible thing, the president said.
Trump continued to applause, telling the audience that he will stick to what hes been saying about dominating the streets. But he then added an Orwellian twist, explaining that by endorsing brute force against protesters hes actually acting compassionately.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,405 posts)louis-t
(23,292 posts)with choke holds was "saving lives"?
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Doodley
(9,088 posts)"I'll never forget the scene, it's not supposed to be beautiful but to me it was...And yes there was some tear gas and probably some other things, and the crowd dispersed."
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)paleotn
(17,911 posts)The Ministry of Peace and the Ministry of Love. If Orwell were alive, he'd say he warned us about these people long ago. But did we listen? Some, yes. Most, no.
sop
(10,161 posts)Trump's words always have a nightmarish, bizarre, illogical quality, but in his case it's just the product of a truly diseased brain.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)RESPECT to Madam Speaker Pelosi who still prays for him.