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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's vow to send federal officers to US cities is election ploy, critics say
(Guardian UK) Donald Trump has vowed to send federal officers to several American cities led by Democrats in what critics say is an attempt to play the law and order card to boost his bid for re-election.
The presidents threat came after a federal crackdown on anti-racism protests in Portland, Oregon, that involved unmarked cars and unidentified forces in camouflage.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump identified New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland as places in need of federal agents, describing those cities mayors as liberal Democrats.
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Struggling against Biden in the opinion polls, Trump has leaned into a dark and divisive theme reminiscent of his fellow Republican Richard Nixon in 1968. I am your president of law and order, he declared in the White House Rose Garden on 1 June, shortly before park police and national guard troops fired teargas and chased peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could stage a photo op outside a historic church.
Since then he has repeatedly and falsely accused Biden of planning to defund the police and effectively surrender cities and suburbs to violent criminals. The conservative Fox News network, meanwhile, has been giving emphasis to coverage of inner-city violence rather the coronavirus pandemic. .................(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/donald-trump-us-cities-federal-agents-officers
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Trump's vow to send federal officers to US cities is election ploy, critics say (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2020
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C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)1. Well, he just lost the Mom vote too.
He really is a complete moron, isn't he.
crickets
(25,978 posts)2. Of course it's an election ploy. Everything is, from now to November.
People are dying by the thousands, but his 'ratings' are all he sees or cares about. We get it.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)3. Breaking news would be
something was not an election ploy.
Bayard
(22,069 posts)4. Election ploy and voter intimidation rolled into one
What a deal.