President Trump criticized New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for his plans to paint “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue, referring to the brushed paint as a “symbol of hatred.”
In a couple of tweets, Trump wrote that De Blasio “is going to paint a large, expensive, yellow Black Lives Matter sign on Fifth Avenue, denigrating this luxury avenue,” and predicted that doing so would “further antagonize” the Department. York Police Department, who, said “vividly,” remembers the “horrible BLM chant, ‘Pigs in a blanket, Fry’ Em Like Bacon.” The NYPD, he suggested, might not “let this hate symbol stick to New York’s biggest street.”
Earlier Wednesday, on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” de Blasio spoke about New York City’s plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue alongside Trump Tower, “just outside [Mr. Trump’s] step.”
He explained: “It is an important message for the entire nation, and we obviously want the president to hear it because he has never shown respect for those three words.”
De Blasio said of Trump: “When you listen to Black Lives Matter, you present a horrible and negative reality of something that does not exist, and you miss the underlying meaning that we are saying that we must honor the role of Africans.” -Americans in our history and in our society. “
The mayor’s decision to paint Fifth Avenue reflects that of Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who in June had “Black Lives Matter” painted along 16th street, which leads to the White House.
The song Mr. Trump quotes in his tweet, “Pigs in a blanket, fry them like bacon,” was heard at a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis in 2015. A march organizer at the time claimed that the singing it lasted about 30 seconds during a peaceful protest. Trump also mentioned the BLM street painting and singing last Thursday, also in a tweet, and stated that “New York police are furious.”
Fox News’s Sean Hannity played the video of the singing on a show on June 5.
On Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence defended his refusal to say “black lives matter” Amid the push for police reforms following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May, saying he disagrees with the political agenda pushed by leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I really believe that all lives matter,” Pence said on CBS ‘”Face the Nation” when asked why he wouldn’t say the phrase. “And that’s where the heart of the American people lies.”
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