White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday pushed back on calls for President Trump to address the nation amid the riots and protests that broke out across the country in response to Minneapolis man George Floyd’s death in police custody last week, maintaining that the president is committed to “action.”
The president went on to say that he understands the “pain” that people feel, and said his administration “supports the right of peaceful protesters and we hear their pleas,” but said much of “what we are seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or peace.”
But the president is under pressure, from both sides of the aisle, to address the nation in a more formal way after the once-largely peaceful protests morphed into a scene of looting and arson and violence in many cities over the weekend.“Democratic and Republican presidents alike have seen it as their responsibility to be a unifying force in our country, not to fuel the flame,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted Sunday.
“We are leaderless right now and anarchy is winning. Where are our leaders? Are you all just going to abandon us and our country? COWARDS! All of you!!!” she tweeted, adding: “But most especially the President and every member of his team who continues to condone his utter COWARDICE!!!”"He should just stop talking. This is like Charlottesville all over again,” Bottoms said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union." “He speaks, and he makes it worse.
But inside the president’s inner circle, advisers in the White House and on his re-election campaign have reportedly been pushing for him to deliver an Oval Office address.
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