After protesters torched a Minneapolis police station protesting the death of George Floyd, President Trump threatened to take action to bring Minneapolis “under control.” Trump called the violent protesters 'thugs.'
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for social media giants, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington.
Trump didn’t clarify what he meant — Walz has already activated the National Guard — but the tweet drew another warning from Twitter, which said he had violated rules about “glorifying violence.” But his language grew more aggressive as violence boiled over in Minneapolis on Thursday night. “These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen,” he wrote shortly before 1 a.m.
He added that elected officials “have a responsibility not just to maintain the peace, which is what we ought to be doing, but to also listen, to show empathy, and to try to find a way to move in the right direction, not the wrong one.”, the company did not remove it, saying it had determined the message might be in the public interest — something it does only for tweets by elected and government officials.
“This is the first race-tinged case that I’ve ever heard him address” as president, said the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist and Trump critic who has known the president for decades. “I think the difference is a November election.”
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