Baker didn't hold back on what he thinks about Trump's message on protests
Source: MSN
Governor Charlie Baker did not hold back Monday afternoon as he addressed comments President Trump has made about protests that have swept the nation, including Boston, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
“I heard what the president said today about dominating and fighting,” said Baker, who is a Republican. “I know I should be surprised when I hear incendiary words like this from him, but I’m not. At so many times during these last several weeks, when the country needed compassion and leadership the most, it simply was nowhere to be found. Instead, we got bitterness, combativeness, and self-interest. That’s not what we need in Boston, it’s not what we need right now in Massachusetts,” he said, as he appeared to choke up, “and it’s definitely not what we need across this great country of ours either.”
Baker’s comments came after Trump on Monday derided the nation’s governors as “weak” and demanded tougher crackdowns on protesters. In a video conference, Trump said they “have to get much tougher”: “Most of you are weak,” Trump said. “You have to arrest people.”
“You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,” said Trump, according to the Associated Press. “We’re doing it in Washington, D.C. We’re going to do something that people haven’t seen before.”
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Trump is wrong. We have seen it before. Trump criticizes China even as he does his best to emulate China.
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