General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha
WASHINGTON (AP) Claiming the mantle of the law and order candidate, President Donald Trump is offering himself as the leader best positioned to keep Americans safe, a day after Democratic rival Joe Biden assailed him over the deadly protests that have sprung up on his watch.
Trump is diving head-first into the latest eruption in the nations reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday over the objections of local leaders to Kenosha, Wisconsin, which has been riven by protests since the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back by police. Trump has defended a teenage supporter accused of fatally shooting two men in Kenosha last week and accused the former vice president of siding with anarchists and rioters.
Wisconsins Democratic governor, Tony Evers, who deployed the National Guard to quell demonstrations in response to the Blake shooting, pleaded with Trump to stay away for fear of straining tensions further. The White House said the president was expected to meet with law enforcement and tour property affected by recent riots.
I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. I am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together, Evers wrote in a letter to Trump.
https://apnews.com/4a58a15c9955bb6312c1fbe42215110d?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningwire&pnespid=2Oc9uegJAhGNLCow_hqt6HZTLV1_doW3_7SHOVYW
Law and order is the last thing the corpulent creep wants. Chaos and vigilantisn is what he wants.
dem4decades
(11,244 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Is this another dumbass airport tarmac rally, or is he actually speaking at a venue (auditorium?) in Kenosha?