Sean Hannity City Hall with President Trump: Part 1
President Trump discusses push to cancel culture to remove statues, Democrat-controlled cities in crisis, support for ‘stop and search’ police surveillance, China’s economic threat, response to coronavirus pandemic with Sean Hannity in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Oakland, California mayor has joined other Democratic leaders in applauding President Trump for claiming their cities are so devastated by violence “that it’s like living in hell.”
Mayor Libby Schaaf, a Democrat who has led Oakland since 2015, turned to Twitter to respond to Trump’s harsh criticism.
TRUMP SAYS VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO, BALTIMORE, OTHER UNITED STATES CITIES LIKE “LIVING IN HELL”, IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF “HANNITY”
“Hell is another four years of this racist in the White House,” Schaaf tweeted, encouraging people to vote.
Trump, during a Fox News “town hall” with Sean Hannity on Thursday night, stormed Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and Oakland.
“[You] Look at Honduras, Guatemala, all these different places, we have cities that are worse, in some cases much worse, “Trump said.” Take a look at Detroit, take a look at what’s happening in Oakland, take a look at what’s going on in Baltimore? … These cities, it’s like living in hell. “
Trump blamed the mayors of those cities, all Democrats, along with former President Barack Obama and alleged party presidential candidate Joe Biden, for the high murder rates and other violent crimes.
Chicago is an example. It is worse than Afghanistan, “Trump told Hannity.
TRUMP BLOCKS THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, MAYOR OF CHICAGO FOR CONTINUOUS VIOLENCE WITH WEAPONS: “MUST ESTABLISH LAW AND ORDER”
Chicago, in particular, has become a target for Trump’s criticism, especially after the city reached a grim milestone late last month with 18 single-day murders, making May 31 the deadliest day. of the city in 60 years.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected Trump and tweeted, “I don’t need leadership lessons from Donald Trump.”
Lightfoot also tweeted a brilliant Chicago overview of Trump Hotels, which has an exclusive property in downtown Chicago. “What are you saying?” she tweeted to the president.
Baltimore and Detroit have seen murder rates rise in 2020, with Baltimore registering 159 murders to date and Detroit seeing a 30 percent increase in homicides as of June 18, with 129 murders.
Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, ended 2019 with 272 homicides. Although it rose slightly since 2018, it was only the fourth time since 1967 that Detroit recorded fewer than 300 murders, the Detroit News reported.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who had previously quarreled with Trump over the coronavirus response, also rejected Trump’s attack on Detroit.
“Michiganns know better,” Whitmer tweeted. She encouraged residents to say what they like about Detroit.
While acknowledging that his stance was controversial, Trump has advocated that police departments across the country use stop and search tactics to get guns off the street. Trump praised the use of the tactic by New York City police in the 1990s under Rudy Giuliani, then the city’s mayor, and currently Trump’s personal lawyer.
The New York Police practice was halted after the public outcry over disproportionate police stops of people of color.
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Michigan State Senator Adam Hollier, a Democrat from Detroit, told Detroit News in response to Trump that every time stopping and registering as an effective program is discussed, it is “100% about racism.”
In the wake of nationwide protests after George Floyd’s death, Trump took a “law and order” stance and called Black Lives Matter activists “thugs.” He defended monuments considered offensive, including those honoring the confederation, and promised to protect them with the army if necessary.
Fox News’ Andrew O’Reilly contributed to this report.
