Trump Ordered Staff to 'Bust Some Heads' of Black Lives Matter Protesters Prior to Church Photo Op:

[demmiblue]

Former President Donald Trump instructed Mark Meadows to “bust some heads and make some arrests” of Black Lives Matter protesters who had gathered outside the White House in the summer of 2020, the former chief of staff writes in his new book.

Trump gave the instruction as he prepared to walk from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church to squint and have his picture taken while holding a Bible. The U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops tear-gassed protesters in Lafayette Square, which sits between the White House and the church, to clear a path for the president.

“Upstairs in the Residence, President Trump was growing anxious,” Meadows reportedly wrote in The Chief’s Chief, which published Tuesday. “He had given an order for the park to be cleared, and it was not being followed. The various law enforcement agencies that were supposed to be under the command of [then-Attorney General] Bill Barr were clearly not communicating with one another, and it did not seem that a single arrest had yet been made.”

Protesters had gathered in Lafayette Square on June 1 as part of the demonstrations sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. According to Meadows, the protesters were trying to take down a statue of President Andrew Jackson that stood in the park, prompting him to phone Trump. “It looks like we have a situation out here,” Meadows said, according to the book. “They’re trying to tear down statues and vandalizing the park. I assume that we have the authority to deploy whatever law enforcement is necessary to fix this?”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-bust-heads-black-lives-matter-meadows-book-1268097/

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[jcgoldie]

1. Is it just me or is there like a bombshell from this Meadows book every other day?

Except none of it is an actual story because we all already knew it was all true (like knowingly debating Biden with covid) and one side just still doesn't GAF.

[dchill]

2. Trump lied. Trump ALWAYS lies. It's like a force of nature.

You can't fight it, you can't stop it. Trump lied because he's allowed to lie. While Trump is the head of the party, all Republicans are allowed to lie. Republicans don't get in trouble for lying; Democrats get in trouble for telling the truth.

This is what the media tell us is what the American People want. Every single day.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. Sayin tRump lies is like sayin the sky is blue.

[madaboutharry]

3. Trump is a 21st century Mussolini.

It almost sounds like Meadows couldn’t decide whether to brag about that or sweep it under the rug.

[dchill]

5. So he bragged about it while he was sweeping it under the rug.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. I say that those protesters attacked at rump's directive when they were NOT threatening

anybody else, etc., protesting using their constitutional rights, have every right to sue the a&& out of those officers, trump, barr, everyone of those thugs that attacked them/the unfortunate protesters who just happened to be there at the wrong time when rump showed his fat a&& up there at the church.

[Hekate]

7. KnR

[gratuitous]

8. The former guy sure likes to talk tough, doesn't he?

Always ordering other people to bust heads or knock the crap out of someone, but never balling his tiny little hand into a tiny little fist to settle a matter himself.

Why his supporters are so enthralled with his all talk, no action pose is a mystery to me.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. No wonder he liked Rittenhouse.