Left-Wing Supporters Accuse Trump of Being A “Fascist”
After George Floyd protesters set the iconic St. John’s Episcopal Church on fire, President Donald Trump paid a tribute in his iconic “church walk.” However, not all were happy with the President’s display of strength and solidarity and instead accused him of being a “fascist.”
During a press briefing on Sunday night, Trump concluded his speech by announcing that he has to pay his respects to a “very special place.” The President, along with the members of his administration, walked from the Rose garden to St. John’s church.
Dubbed as the “church walk,” the powerful image of the President assessing the damage from last week’s riot had sparked outrage from left-wing supporters. The opposition claimed that authorities had viciously attacked protesters who had tried to get in the President’s way.
White House correspondent, Philip Wegmann, defended the President, citing that protesters had been warned multiple times over loudspeakers to clear out the area. However, the demonstrators refused to follow and had continued to aggravate the situation.
Even established Democratic politicians took the crisis as an opportunity to bash the President. In a Twitter post, failed Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren accused Trump of being a “tear-gassing” so-called peaceful protestors just to make way for his “photo-op.”
The President of the United States tear-gassed peaceful protestors in order to clear the way for a useless photo-op outside the White House—just after vowing to activate the military against our own people.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 2, 2020
Lives and our democracy are in danger.
Even failed Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton shared the same script.
Tonight the President of the United States used the American military to shoot peaceful protestors with rubber bullets & tear gas them.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 2, 2020
For a photo op.
This is a horrifying use of presidential power against our own citizens, & has no place anywhere, let alone in America. Vote.
As well as the U.S. House Speaker, and staunch Trump critic, Nancy Pelosi.
Tear-gassing peaceful protestors without provocation just so that the President could pose for photos outside a church dishonors every value that faith teaches us.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 2, 2020
Finally, potential VP pick and failed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris also shared the same rhetoric.
Donald Trump just tear-gassed peaceful protesters for a photo op. https://t.co/nRzF0V4Kg5
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 1, 2020
On Tuesday, Breitbart News political writer, Charles Hurt condemned how the Democratic party had capitalized on crisis and racial exploitation to gain black votes.
In an op-ed, Hurt asked how voters were unable to see that the Democratic party had used “racial extortion, lawless rioting, and selfish looting in the streets of America’s big cities today” for the party’s own political gain. Hurt added that “There is a whole political party in America today that is entirely built upon such racial exploitation.”
He explained that left-wing party leaders do not care about the real difficulty and “hardships” of black communities in the country today. Hurt believed that the party had instead “weaponized” it to gain sympathy and to use black voters during election periods. He referred to a major Democrat in South Carolina, Dick Harpootlian, who claimed that “I don’t want to buy the black vote. I just want to rent it for a day.” That “day” being Election Day. They can all go back to their misery all the other days of the year.
Hurt also pointed out how Democrats had continued to spread malice and controversy ever since Trump had assumed office, such as spreading false information on the possible Russian interference during the 2016 presidential campaign and even sparking controversies over the Chinese virus, which had killed more than 100,000 American lives.
Despite the countless investigations, Hurt claimed that the Democrats continued to invent crimes against Trump. Hurt said that all the controversies were mere lies, and that “Their trumped-up, manufactured charges against the president” only exposed the party’s own motive. He went on to say that the violent riots, which involved burning down buildings, looting down storms, and harming civilians, were encouraged by the left-wing party to bring down the administration.