'Washington was under very good control, but we're going to have it under much more control,' Trump said. 'We're going to pull in thousands of people.' He added: 'We're going to clamp down very, very strong.'
Following a weekend in which protests over the death of George Floyd raged in virtually every major American city, President Trump on Monday told U.S. governors they were"weak" for not being more aggressive in enforcing laws against the demonstrations.
"They're going to run over you," the president said."You're going to look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate." Trump's comments came after a weekend of unrest over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being pinned to the ground by a white Minneapolis police officer one week ago. In cities across the country, protesters broke curfews, set fires and looted stores, and police responded with shows of force, lobbing flash bangs, spraying tear gas and firing rubber bullets.
The entire Washington, D.C., National Guard was called in to help with the response to protests outside the White House. On the teleconference, Trump suggested there would be a bigger show of force moving forward.
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