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Donald Trump launched a racially charged tirade overnight against “crime-infested” cities as the US president redoubled his electoral strategy of sowing discord between Republican and Democratic voters.
“When is Slow Joe Biden going to criticize the anarchists, thugs and agitators of ANTIFA? When are you going to suggest joining the National Guard in Democratic Cities and States infested with crime and MALFUNCTION? “Trump tweeted Sunday night, referring to protests against police violence that have erupted in recent months in several cities across the United States.
“Are you seriously wondering, Mr. President, why is it the first time in decades that the United States has seen this level of violence? It is you who have created the hatred and division, ”Wheeler said.
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Everything we know about the Portland shooting, as Trump tweets his condolences to the victim
Tensions between far-right activists and Black Lives Matter protesters skyrocketed in the city of Portland, Oregon over the weekend, when one person was killed in a fatal shooting amid ongoing protests against racism and police brutality.
The shooting happened Sunday night after a caravan of President Donald Trump supporters drove their vehicles into the city center and clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters. Protesters have been protesting for nearly 100 nights in Portland following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As of Monday morning it was unclear if the shooting was related to clashes between protesters and the caravan, which was seen in videos shared on social media spraying Black Lives Matter activists with maces and driving through crowds with Trump flags waving. in the back of your vehicles.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 15:36
CNN’s Daniel Dale, probably Trump’s sharpest fact-checker in the American media, has provided further context for the racist video promoted by Donald Trump on Sunday night.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 15:20
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump, shared a video recorded by her husband Jared Kushner, showing Kushner and Robert O’Brien, the White House national security adviser preparing to participate in the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
The flight marked the implementation of the historic agreement negotiated by the United States to normalize relations between the two countries and solidifies the clandestine ties between them that have evolved over years of shared enmity towards Iran.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 15:06
Donald Trump claims that “radical left” mayors and governors have “lost control” of cities. Although most of this is simply hyperbolic and misleading rather than completely untrue, there are few mayors or governors in the country who consider themselves to be on the extreme left of the Democratic Party.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 14:56
Donald Trump has tweeted again, wrongly claiming that his audience ratings are above 50% in “some” polls. There is no reputable poll in which the president of the United States is above 50%.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 14:40
Donald Trump has started his Monday morning by tweeting about Kenosha and Portland, two American cities in Wisconsin and Oregon, respectively, that have seen protests and outbreaks of violence in recent days and weeks.
Trump claims that “there would be no Kenosha at this point” if it weren’t for the presence of National Guard troops, and he also once again goes after Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler for the continued demonstrations there.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 14:22
Elizabeth Warren lashes out at Trump’s ‘divide and rule’ tactics
The Massachusetts senator and former presidential candidate here echoes Joe Biden’s attack on Orange Don for “fanning the flames of hatred.”
Joe Sommerlad31 August 2020 14:16
‘Your presence will only hinder our healing’: Trump urged to scrap Wisconsin governor’s planned visit to Kenosha
The state governor has urged Donald Trump to abandon his planned visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and said he was concerned that the arrival of the president “would only make our healing more difficult.”
The southern city of Milwaukee has been the scene of a new wave of violent Black Lives Matter demonstrations and clashes since Aug. 23, when a white police officer shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed. .
The riots, which have prompted the call of hundreds of members of the National Guard and the implementation of an emergency curfew, turned deadly on Tuesday when three protesters were shot by an armed vigilante, two of whom were killed by his wounds.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 14:01
Donald Trump Jr Challenges Reporters To Wear MAGA Hats At Portland Demonstrations
Fresh from his hysterical speech at the Republican National Convention (after which he was forced to deny having ingested large amounts of cocaine and attributing his glassy eyes to “enlightenment”), the president’s eldest son once again blames the civil unrest in Oregon over left-wing protesters.
Don Jr says that any reporter who dared to sport a red MAGA cap in Portland would have to rethink how peaceful those protests are.
It is the young, wide-eyed conservatives who are the real victims here.
That came after he posted this video montage of CNN anchors, Democrats, and celebrities, from Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters to Nicolle Wallace, Don Lemon, Madonna and Johnny Depp, “encouraging violence every step of the way.”
The fact that his own father, the nominal leader of the free world, had a tweet explicitly censored for “glorifying violence” in June and once posted a bloody Kingsman However, the meme in which he massacred an entire church congregation populated by his enemies is apparently fine.
Joe Sommerlad31 August 2020 13:46
Herman Cain’s Twitter account says Covid-19 ‘is not as deadly’ as warned, weeks after he dies of virus
Herman Cain’s Twitter account posted that Covid-19 was “not as deadly” as claimed, just weeks after the former Republican presidential candidate died from the virus.
The prominent conservative businessman died of the virus in July after spending weeks in critical condition.
Cain’s Twitter account has continued to post multiple times a day after his death, most commonly to share articles from the dubious Western Journal, one of which provided the basis for Monday’s coronavirus claim.
Tom.Embury-Dennis31 August 2020 13:31