Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Sunday asked President Trump to “reconsider” his upcoming visit to Kenosha. The city has been rocked by protests Then Jacob BlackPolice shot a black man several times in the back last weekend. Mr Trump’s visit comes a week after two people were shot dead in protest of Blake’s shooting.
“I, along with other community leaders who have reached out, are concerned about what your presence means for Kenosha and our state,” Trump told Evers in a letter. CBS Milwaukee affiliated WDJT. “I am concerned that your presence will only hinder our healing. I am concerned that your presence will only delay our work in overcoming divisions and moving forward together.”
Mr. Trump plans to visit Kenosha on Tuesday. An attorney for Jacob Blake’s family said: “Face the nationThe family was not contacted on Sunday or about meeting Mr. Trump.
“The Black family has great respect for all of our elected officials and, as her mother says, she prays for all of our elected officials,” said Attorney Benjamin Krump.
Meanwhile, a A 17-year-old man has been arrested And was charged with two counts of first-degree cow slaughter and one count of attempted cow slaughter for the December 25 shooting. Some have celebrated a teenager named Kyle Rittenhouse, White, and traveled from Illinois equipped with an AR-15.
Mr Trump said on Saturday that the shooting was “under investigation” and that “we are watching it very carefully.”
Mandela Barnes, the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, told CNN that Mr. Trump should not be visited.
Democrat Barnes said, “They focused the whole convention around creating more animosity and more division around what’s going on in Kenosha.” So I don’t know, given any of the president’s previous statements, he wants to be helpful here, and We don’t need it right now. ”
Barney tweeted That if Mr. Trump “doesn’t come to recognize the ongoing community celebration right now, keep it going.”
Barney added, “It’s starting to get better in Kenosha. The city was on fire and we need healing, the barrel of petrol is not flowing,” Barney added.
Although Mr. Trump rejected “Democrat-run cities” such as Kenosha and Portland, Reg. Reagan, at the Republican National Convention, he praised the fact that federal agents have been sent to Kenosha. “Without President Trump’s leadership, Kenosha and his citizens still live in danger,” a White House official said Sunday.
Mr Trump said on Saturday he would “probably” visit Kenosha and praise the National Guard’s actions: “Within minutes of the guard, everyone was cleared and he was safe. “
Last week Republican National Convention, Mr. Trump and Republicans carried the message of law and order. Speakers included Mark and Patricia McCloskey, A St. Louis couple who were captured in a viral video showing guns at protesters, and Ann Dorn, Whose husband was killed during a violent night in June after protests in St. Louis.
Vice President Mike Pence said four more years of the Trump administration would “bring law and order to America’s streets for every American of every race and color and color.”
Mr. Trump insisted that the GOP, in “the strongest possible terms,” condemns looting, arson, and violence in Wisconsin and elsewhere, and that the U.S. Strongly condemns violence in major cities, Including PortlandIs where he coordinated federal law enforcement this summer.
“As long as I am president, I will defend the absolute right of every American citizen to live in security, dignity and peace,” he said.
Nicole Kiley contributed to this report.
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