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Yeah, respect, that’s totally why he’s doing it..
 

US President Donald Trump is postponing his first post-coronavirus lockdown election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma so it does not fall on a holiday commemorating the end of US slavery.
He tweeted that the 19 June rally would be held a day later out of respect for the occasion, known as Juneteenth.
The choice of date had drawn criticism amid nationwide anti-racism protests.
The location was also controversial, as Tulsa saw one of the worst massacres of black people in US history in 1921.
Up to 300 people died when a white mob attacked the prosperous black neighbourhood of Greenwood, known as the "Black Wall Street", with guns and explosives. About 1,000 businesses and homes were also destroyed.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53032664?xtor=AL-72-[partner]-[bbc.news.twitter]-[headline]-[news]-[bizdev]-[isapi]&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_custom2=twitter&at_medium=custom7&at_custom1=[post+type]&at_custom4=5B288936-AD50-11EA-B99E-DDAA4744363C&at_campaign=64
 


 

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Kyle Griffin - Senior Producer - MSNBC

A Whirlpool plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma has temporarily closed due to a coronavirus outbreak one week before Trump holds a rally in the city.

And Tulsa County now has its highest seven-day average of coronavirus cases since the outbreak began in March.

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Why is his tongue firmly planted in his cheek?

President Trump said he’ll leave the White House peacefully if he loses this November’s presidential election, addressing concerns he would try to hold onto power after a defeat.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/502564-trump-says-hell-leave-white-house-peacefully-if-biden-wins

 

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1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

Why is his tongue firmly planted in his cheek?

President Trump said he’ll leave the White House peacefully if he loses this November’s presidential election, addressing concerns he would try to hold onto power after a defeat.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/502564-trump-says-hell-leave-white-house-peacefully-if-biden-wins

 

He doesn't think he will lose. 

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2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Why is his tongue firmly planted in his cheek?

President Trump said he’ll leave the White House peacefully if he loses this November’s presidential election, addressing concerns he would try to hold onto power after a defeat.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/502564-trump-says-hell-leave-white-house-peacefully-if-biden-wins

 

To even have to ask that question is, using Susan Collins favourite word, concerning.

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Trump makes campaign rally attendees promise not to sue him if they contract the coronavirus
The event website for Trump's next rally carries a waiver acknowledging “an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19"


President Donald Trump will force attendees of his upcoming rally to promise not to not sue him if they contract the new coronavirus at the event.

Trump announced his first campaign rally since pandemic lockdowns began this week, which will be held June 19 at the 20,000-seat BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The event's reservation page contains a waiver where attendees acknowledge they will be voluntarily taking on "an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19":

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/12/trump-makes-campaign-rally-attendees-promise-not-to-sue-him-if-they-contract-the-coronavirus/

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Atlanta Police Fatally Shoot Black Man After Report He Was Asleep In His Car

Police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, 27, after they say he resisted arrest.

Atlanta police, responding to a call about someone sleeping in a car, shot and killed a Black man at a Wendy’s restaurant Friday.

Police said that Rayshard Brooks, 27, resisted arrest following a failed sobriety test. But video posted to social media shows Brooks running away from police before he is shot off-screen.

Police were called to the Wendy’s restaurant Friday night after receiving a report that a man was sleeping in his car, which was parked in the drive-thru.

Two officers found Brooks in the vehicle and gave him a field sobriety test, which they said he failed. While attempting to arrest Brooks, police said he resisted.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/atlanta-police-fatally-shoot-black-man-during-sobriety-test_n_5ee4ea70c5b6afc1283183e7

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👁‍🗨 The President got a NOvation when he unsuccessfully tried to link his birthday with the 245th birthday of the US army. He expected some sort of cheer when he paused after announcing this at the speech to the West Point Academy. What he got was silence.
Oops..
 
 
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Trump also sort of staggered down the ramp following his diatribe. That plus his difficulty drinking water with one hand, leads me to wonder if he is medicated before each public performance.

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2 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Trump also sort of staggered down the ramp following his diatribe. That plus his difficulty drinking water with one had, leads me to wonder if he is medicated before each public performance.

Guy next to him was having no problem at all with the ramp.

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Philly Protests: Christopher Columbus Statue Lovers Beat Unicorn Riot Reporter After Police Order Him To Leave
 

Bastiaan Slabbers/Reuters
Philadelphia Police threatened a reporter with the left-wing non-profit news organization Unicorn Riot as he covered far right armed vigilantes protecting a Christopher Columbus station in South Philadelphia Saturday. The organization says its reporter Chris Schiano was told by Philadelphia Police Captain Louis Campione to leave the scene because he was “inciting a riot.” Several of the men then assaulted the reporter and slashed his bicycle tires. The news organization then tweeted a video of the disturbing scene.

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Secret Service: Actually, Yes, We Did Use Pepper Spray When Clearing Protesters From D.C. Park

Multiple federal agencies swore for weeks that they didn’t use any chemical irritants to clear peaceful protesters from a D.C. park on June 1 so President Trump could have a photo op. Now, the Secret Service says it actually did. “After further review, the U.S. Secret Service has determined that an agency employee used pepper spray... in response to an assaultive individual,” the agency said Saturday in a statement.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-service-says-they-did-actually-use-pepper-spray-when-clearing-protesters-in-lafayette-park-dc

 

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1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Secret Service: Actually, Yes, We Did Use Pepper Spray When Clearing Protesters From D.C. Park

Multiple federal agencies swore for weeks that they didn’t use any chemical irritants to clear peaceful protesters from a D.C. park on June 1 so President Trump could have a photo op. Now, the Secret Service says it actually did. “After further review, the U.S. Secret Service has determined that an agency employee used pepper spray... in response to an assaultive individual,” the agency said Saturday in a statement.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-service-says-they-did-actually-use-pepper-spray-when-clearing-protesters-in-lafayette-park-dc

 

So in effect, you're calling Trump, Pompeo, and the kewpi doll WH Press Secretary liars.   Stunning.....

btw....just one agency employee used the spray in a one on one situation?  Total crap

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