Trump seized on a quote by a man who runs a Black Lives Matter knock-off group and a chant that is not popular with protesters to imply that Black Lives Matter poses a threat.
President Donald Trump launched his most direct attacks to date on the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a joint news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 24, 2020 in Washington, DC.WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his most direct attacks to date on the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice.
In his tweet, Trump falsely described Newsome as a "Black Lives Matter leader." But in reality, Newsome hasof the official Black Lives Matter movement by adopting their moniker and raising money off of it, while espousing an approach to racial justice that is far more militant than the main branch of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Trump claims in the tweet that a chant about killing police is "their chant," referring to the Black Lives Matter movement. But that chant has not been popular with protesters in New York or anywhere else in the country in the wake of George Floyd's killing in late May in Minneapolis.
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