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Trump’s AG Brutally Called Out for How Trump Treats BLM Protesters Vs. How 'White Men with Swastikas' Are Treated

Trump’s AG Brutally Called Out for How Trump Treats BLM Protesters Vs. How 'White Men with Swastikas' Are Treated
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President Donald Trump's Attorney General, William Barr, faced questions from the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday regarding his work for the administration so far.

One of the most prominent topics in the hearing was Barr's role in the aggression Trump has shown towards Americans protesting police brutality against Black Americans in the United States.


As recently as this week, Trump referred to protesters as "anarchists" and "agitators." His tweet regarding protesters against George Floyd's murder by police in late May—where Trump said that the "shooting starts" when the "looting starts"—prompted Twitter to suppress the tweet for its glorification of violence.

Even now, Trump and his Department of Homeland Security have exacerbated unrest in Portland, Oregon by unleashing anonymous militarized officers in the area, against the wishes and strategies of local authorities. These secret police have since been "proactively" arresting protesters, often beating them, and taking them to undisclosed locations in unmarked, non-government vehicles. The protests have doubled in size in opposition to the administration's tactics.

According to reports, Barr gave the order for police to begin gassing peaceful protesters outside of the White House on June 1, as the nation watched live. Minutes after officers used force to clear the area, the President walked to Saint John's Church, where he took a photo with a borrowed bible.

There's a notable discrepancy between the treatment of those protesting against racism and those protesting local shutdowns in the face of the pandemic.

When protesters in Michigan and other cities showed up to the state Capitol with automatic rifles and other weapons, brandished Nazi iconography, and threatened death to Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Trump tweeted for protesters to "LIBERATE" their cities.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) called out this discrepancy to Attorney General Barr in no uncertain terms.

She highlighted the administration's treatment of supporters protesting Democrats:

"The point I'm trying to make here … is that there is a real discrepancy in how you react as the attorney general — the top cop in this country — when white men with swastikas storm a government building with guns, there is no need for the president to 'activate' you because they're getting the president's personal agenda done."

The same does not apply to those protesting against police brutality and racism.

"But when Black people and people of color protest police brutality, systemic racism, and the president's very own lack of response to those critical issues, then you forcibly remove them with armed federal officers [and] pepper bombs, because they are considered terrorists by the president."

Barr claimed he was not aware of the Nazi imagery and violent ideations toward the governor of Michigan at those protests, which Jayapal pointed out.

She wasn't the only one to whom the discrepancy was apparent.





They commended Jayapal for not backing down.






Trump has said he will send similar anonymous officers to Chicago.

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