The Washington Post reports:
As he headed to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, Trump derided the city’s mayor as “very stupid” for sympathizing with protesters and said he believed his trip highlighting the work of law enforcement would be good for healing racial tensions.
“I think it’s helping because I’m about law and order, and if you look at the Black community, they want the police to help them stop crime,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One. “The Hispanic community, they want police … they don’t want crime. They don’t want to be mugged. They don’t want to have any problems.”
Trump also held open the possibility that he would meet with the family of Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man whose shooting in the back by Kenosha police has sparked protests and unrest. The White House had previously said such a meeting is not in the works, and Blake’s father has said he is not interested in speaking to Trump.
So basically Black people boarded a plane headed for DC and one of Trump’s friends felt uncomfortable https://t.co/OfhrVqWmxa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
“Portland has been like this — I read an article today — for 50 years this has been going on.” — he’s out of his mind pic.twitter.com/UUAXLZbLTv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020
strange that i didn’t hear about this on fox & friends, where i get my morning dose of news https://t.co/gdOJEEtAYX
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) September 1, 2020
JUST IN: President Trump blasts Kenosha Mayor before visit: “These radical anarchists were trying to get into the Mayor’s house, and lots of bad things were happening to this poor, foolish, very stupid mayor… He still sticks up for them because he’s a fool.” pic.twitter.com/yaEJX2Ec12
— The Hill (@thehill) September 1, 2020
“That version of the rumor picked up enough steam in Idaho Facebook groups that the Payette County Sheriff’s Office had to release a statement insisting that the viral rumor was ‘false information.'” https://t.co/oRwESx7nul
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 1, 2020