Trump demands journalists correct stories on the use of tear gas. According to the CDC, it was tear

[riversedge]

Source: Washington Post




Trump demands journalists correct stories on the use of tear gas. According to the CDC, it was tear gas.


June 2, 2020 at 10:09 p.m. CDT

President Trump’s reelection campaign sent a message out to news organizations Tuesday night, demanding a correction to articles that described security forces’ use of tear gas to disperse demonstrators outside the White House on Monday, to allow Trump to cross the street to pose for photos at a church.

The U.S. Park Police had earlier released a statement defending that effort, saying that their use of chemical agents against the crowd came in response to violence from protesters, and that it involved “pepper balls” and “smoke canisters.” The statement went on to assert that “no tear gas was used” in the Lafayette Square incident.

“We now know through the U.S. Park Police that neither they, nor any of their law enforcement partners, used tear gas to quell rising violence,” Tim Murtaugh, the Trump 2020 campaign’s communications director said in a statement Tuesday night. “Every news organization which reported the tear gas lie should immediately correct or retract its erroneous reporting,”

The truth boils down to an exercise in semantics.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “Riot control agents (sometimes referred to as “tear gas”) are chemical compounds that temporarily make people unable to function by causing irritation to the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs, and skin.”.....................................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-demands-journalists-correct-stories-on-the-use-of-tear-gas-according-to-the-cdc-it-was-tear-gas/2020/06/02/bf68726c-a544-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

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Another lie from the WH.

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Tear gas floats in the air as a line of police move demonstrators away from St. John’s Episcopal Church on Monday. (Alex Brandon/AP)

[Cha]

1. FO to the Psychotic LIAR BLOTUS

[smb]

33. They Can Demand Into One Hand, S#!t Into The Other, And See Which One Fills Up First nt

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

49. Good one...

... I haven't seen that one used for awhile. Thanks for the 8-track flashback!

[Gothmog]

2. It was tear gas

[StClone]

48. The word semantics in the article is not necessary

It was tear gas which are several different compounds. Despite its ubiquity across the globe and in United States, tear gas is a chemical agent banned in warfare per the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, which set forth agreements signed by nearly every nation in the world — including the United States. The catch, however, is that while it’s illegal in war, it’s legal in domestic riot control. That means Turkey got to use it on its protesters last 2013. That meant Bahrain got to the do the same. And in Ferguson, cops were likewise blasting residents protesting the police for the killing of an unarmed teen named Michael Brown.

Apparently pepper balls have a caveat as they are targeted and aimed at a specific suspect rather than masses. War type tear gases are made more potent and thus fully banned in warfare.

[riversedge]

3. "Just remember, what you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." - Donald Trump

A very fitting response to the article


NotATweeter16
@NotATweeter16
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@kaitlancollins
“Just remember, what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” - Donald Trump

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell

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[Rebl2]

4. Except

idiot in chief they have video of it. How many lies does this make?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. "What are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?" Don ( bunker boy) Trump

[walkingman]

6. If it looks like tear gas, smells like tear gas, burns your eyes......

[pazzyanne]

7. Again there are videos from start to finish that prove...

100% peaceful protesters were tear gassed and then "herded" out of the way by officers on horseback. It looked like a wild west "cattle drive". No excuse for what happened! Too bad the tRump administration has NO foresight when it comes to their decisions. I heard what a "wise" man BIll Barr was when he was being confirmed. He must have caught a case of stupid from tRump?

[Marthe48]

16. The fascists see all of us, black, white, yellow, red,

as cattle. The sooner that all of us see and understand that the rich, powerful, venal and corrupt who are behind institutional racism, sexism, human trafficking, classism, ageism and all of the other disrespectful behaviors don't regard anyone of the masses as anything but something to use, the sooner we can make the social changes we need.

Maybe all of the gun humpers, bullies, racists and others know that truth on some level, and in a desperate bid to avoid acting against their masters, impose their insecurities on others.

[2naSalit]

37. It's the Koolaide. ...nt

[duforsure]

8. Using tear gas on peaceful protesters, then claming they didn't

Shows bunker boy knows he's screwed up badly, so look for him now since he's exposed to start blaming others for his using it. He isn't about the truth on this, he wants to be the victim.whoever advised him this would be good is a real dumbass , and trump is even worse for going along with it and even dumber . He isn't smart enough to handle simple things , so doing this isn't a surprise. Every day he remains in office more Republicans will lose being re-elected in Nov. .

[gademocrat7]

9. It was definitely tear gas.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

10. More words of "wisdom" by...

President Cowardly Lyin’

[C_U_L8R]

11. That won't fool a war crime tribunal.

Their obfuscation is so obvious.

[OrlandoDem2]

12. ...and marshmallows were shot in lieu of rubber bullets.

Either way the innocent, peaceful protesters were violently removed for a hastily arranged photo op.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Breaking: Trump campaign sues estate of Boris Karloff; he played Frankenstein's monster, not ....

[not_the_one]

14. MSNBC reporter Garrett Haake was in the middle of it as it happened.

It was on live teevee. It WAS tear gas. Garrett felt the effects, and had to use his gas mask.

The turd lies. As usual. And it can be proven that he lies.

[Grokenstein]

15. Fire a canister into Generissimo Corpulente's face

and we'll find out if it's just "smoke."

[2naSalit]

38. +1

[usaf-vet]

17. If it wasn't an irritating "tear gas" then why did all of the military forces come equipped.........

...... with gas masks. The point is the law prohibits the U.S. military from using chemical weapons on U.S. Citizens.

The reason they want the reporting stories changed is that it is likely against the law and possibly a war crime.

This appears to have been done with direct orders from Barr to clear the crowds so Trump could get an UNNECESSARY photo-op.

One final point I'm no forensic scientist but my guess is there is enough residual chemical evidence on protestor cloths and carried signs, water bottles, backpacks, etc, to PROVE what chemical agents were released into the crowd.

[pazzyanne]

21. Excellent points.

Add into that the complicit republican congress critters and I'm ready for criminal trials to begin! They are long past due.

[usaf-vet]

26. Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment.

Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Near v. Minnesota

The 1931 U.S. Supreme Court decision Near v. Minnesota recognized freedom of the press by roundly rejecting prior restraints on publication, a principle that applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence. The court ruled that a Minnesota law targeting publishers of malicious or scandalous newspapers violated the First Amendment (as applied through the Fourteenth Amendment).

Branzburg v. Hayes

Freedom of the press was described in 1972's Branzburg v. Hayes as "a fundamental personal right", not confined to newspapers and periodicals.[3] In Lovell v. City of Griffin (1938),[4] Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes defined the press as "every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion."[5] This right has been extended to newspapers, books, plays, movies, and video games.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_the_United_States

[jmowreader]

42. HC smoke is also an irritant, but not as strong as CS

Given that, I’ve seen enough of Donald Trump’s antics to know this wasn’t HC smoke. The bastard had whoever did this use CS tear gas on civilians so that fat prick could hold up a Bible in front of a church.

[usaf-vet]

46. As a military veteran I would like to make these points. Oath of Enlistment and UCMJ Article 92.

See complete post here: Posted as a stand-alone post.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13535500

[logosoco]

18. from the "alternative facts" department. nt

[Moostache]

19. #BunkerBitch please...

Just go the fuck back to your bunker, grab some new Depends to soil and watch how much EVERYONE hates you...

[Efilroft Sul]

20. Trump wants media to gaslight America about him gassing Americans. Film at eleven.

[Walleye]

22. It was a gas that caused tears. Jesus

[bucolic_frolic]

23. The biggest crowd size, the healthiest tear gas

just more of the same, aggrandize, cut himself the best hand, stretch the truth, no one will notice, deflect, deny, lie

[louzke9]

24. READ BETWEEN THE LINES.

Trump campaign denies "the Park Police" used tear gas. SO, what about those mysterious soldiers in unmarked uniforms? The ones who people are suspecting might be Eric Prince's hired mercenaries. Seems to me if it wasn't the Park Police, who was it?

[niyad]

32. Welcome to DU. Erik's contract killers? Bunker boy stated from the beginning of this nightmare

That is his maladministration that he wanted his own private security force. Handy that cruella devos' brother just happens to own a contract killing company, whatever it is called these days.

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Goebells would be so proud of these sick fucks. Special place in hell...

[captain jack]

27. The moron thinks he's still president. At this stage he's just a superfluous nuisance. nt

[AllyCat]

28. I really hope not a single journalist or media outlet complies with this unconstitutional request

None of them should quake in the wrath of BunkerBoy

[world wide wally]

29. The wicked Assad of the West strikes again

[LogicFirst]

30. Don't do as I do says the pathological liar.

[Firestorm49]

31. What? The President of Prevarication wants others to tell the truth? Seriously?

He wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him in his 350lb. ass.

[louis-t]

34. It wasn't tear gas. It wasn't a photo op. It wasn't Eric Prince's private troops.

It wasn't white supremacists breaking windows. It wasn't asphyxiation. MAGA loves Black people. I was only inspecting the bunker. I was only joking when I said old people should sacrifice themselves for the economy. It's just like the flu. It's a cold. It will be down to 0 in a few days.

How much more? HOW MUCH?

[atreides1]

35. According to Scientific American it's tear gas

https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../how-tear-gas.../

The second category of tear gas agents are pepper sprays and activate the TRPV1 pain receptor. These are mostly derived from capsaicin, the spice compound in chili peppers.

[BobTheSubgenius]

36. "Tear gas" has a precise and narrow definition, then?

Perhaps the WH could divulge exactly what the chemicals are called, then. Would that make it better?

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Right! How Stupid Is This

Tear gas is a generalized term. The different types have different specific names.
But, many such dispersal chemicals have one thing in common. They irritate the eyes. Hence the general term tear gas.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

39. They're trying to distract from the real issue, which is the use of overwhelming force

against peaceful protesters to clear the way for Trump's photo op.

There are certain iconic images which symbolize a failure of leadership:



Trump just created his own.

[Yeehah]

40. Yeah, we'll get right on that, Donnie Boy....

just as soon as you start issuing corrections for all your bald-faced lies.

[marble falls]

41. Diddling over points that means nothing. Doesn't he have more important things like matching ...

the carpet to the paint in the bunker?

[roamer65]

43. More obfuscation and lying from these traitors.

[geardaddy]

44. Fuck off, mushroom prick.

[Bengus81]

45. Any LIE Trump can try to avoid: HE GASSED HIS OWN PEOPLE

The truth is the truth. Next Trump will say protesters had a big BQ going on.

[Gothmog]

50. Here's what the @WhiteHouse absolutely DOES NOT want you to see.

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