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  • Trump held a Bible in his hand while standing outside the church for only a few minutes. Budde tweeted later that the president "used a Bible and a church of my diocese as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that our church stands for." 
  • "To do so, he sanctioned the use of tear gas by police officers in riot gear to clear the church yard," she continued. "The President did not come to pray; he did not lament the death of George Floyd or acknowledge the collective agony of people of color in our nation. He did not attempt to heal or bring calm to our troubled land."
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Wait didn't Nancy Pehosi also hold a Bible in her hand when she criticized Trump for holding a Bible in his hand?

 

See the hypocrisy?

 

Since the Council of Nicene the Bible has been used as a prop in politics and religion. And we are aghast now that the orange man holds it in his hands as he walks ovr to a Church? One of these things is not like the other. 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, Theseus said:

Wait didn't Nancy Pehosi also hold a Bible in her hand when she criticized Trump for holding a Bible in his hand?

 

See the hypocrisy?

 

Since the Council of Nicene the Bible has been used as a prop in politics and religion. And we are aghast now that the orange man holds it in his hands as he walks ovr to a Church? One of these things is not like the other. 

 

 

 


Yeah I don’t think she tear gassed people to do it. You really don’t see the difference?

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Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed To Clear Way For Trump Church Photo-Op

The plaza between St. John's Church and Lafayette Park was full of people nonviolently protesting police brutality late Monday afternoon when U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops, with the use of tear gas, suddenly started pushing them away for no apparent reason.

And then it became clear. 

President Trump wanted to walk from the White House through the park to the Episcopal church. Camera crews scrambled to keep up with him as he strode through the park, followed by his daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, along with Attorney General William Barr and other administration officials.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials

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Former Defense official resigns from Pentagon post, slams Esper for role in Trump photo op

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30 minutes ago, caddieman said:

Former Defense official resigns from Pentagon post, slams Esper for role in Trump photo op

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Miller, a former undersecretary of defense for policy, cited Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s participation in President Donald Trump’s Monday night photo op in front of St. John’s Church. 

 

Woohoo! One more member of the swamp gone!  Go Trump!

 

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Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters
 

Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters

The entire narrative the media glommed onto in lockstep was that Trump was a monster who tear-gassed peaceful protesters to do something meaningless. None of that was true.
 
Mollie Hemingway
By Mollie Hemingway
JUNE 2, 2020
 

Following days of violent riots and looting in cities across the country, Washington, D.C., announced a 7 p.m. curfew on Monday night. About the same time, President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Rose Garden. Afterward, he walked through Lafayette Park to St. John’s Episcopal Church, which rioters had set on fire the night before. Standing before the church sign, which reads “All are welcome,” President Trump, who previously said he’d be paying his respects to a very special place, held up a Bible.

The speech announcing the country would return to rule of law and protection of civil liberties, the walk through a park that the night before had been given over to rioters, and the visit to the vandalized historic church where every president has worshiped since James Madison, were reassuring to many in the country.

 

For the media, however, these actions were further proof that Orange Man Bad is literally the worst, restoring rule of law is criminal, and standing in front of a church holding a Bible is an assault on the American conscience. They focused on how the Park Police had cleared the area ahead of the city-wide curfew declared by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Facts were no barrier to their narrative. They spun a tale of violent, jack-booted cops running rampant through the streets over innocent docile protesters, using tear gas to clear the area. It turns out none of that was true.

Every single major media outlet falsely reported that Park Police were unprovoked when they used “tear gas” to clear the area. If any of that were true, it might mark the first time in history that cops without gas masks launched tear gas in an area that the president of the United States easily walked through minutes later.

After thousands of false tweets, print stories, and broadcast stories to the contrary, local journalist Neal Augenstein of WTOP reported that a Park Police source said “tear gas was never used — instead smoke canisters were deployed, which don’t have an uncomfortable irritant in them.” Further, the source said the crowd was dispersed because of projectiles being thrown by the “peaceful protesters” at the Park Police and because “peaceful protesters” had climbed on top of a structure in Lafayette Park that had been burned the prior night.

 

Sgt. Eduardo Delgado, the public information officer for the Park Police, confirmed the agency did not use tear gas. And later this afternoon, United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory T. Monahan exploded the entire false narrative:

On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

To curtail the violence that was underway, the USPP, following established policy, issued three warnings over a loudspeaker to alert demonstrators on H Street to evacuate the area. Horse mounted patrol, Civil Disturbance Units and additional personnel were used to clear the area. As many of the protestors became more combative, continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons, officers then employed the use of smoke canisters and pepper balls. No tear gas was used by USPP officers or other assisting law enforcement partners to close the area at Lafayette Park. Subsequently, the fence was installed.

Prior to getting the actual facts, nearly every major media outlet falsely reported that canisters of tear gas, not smoke canisters, were used against peaceful protesters. The false story spread internationally despite its lack of evidence. Here are just a few of the uncountable examples.

Reuters published a video it claimed showed U.S. Park Police using tear gas. The video did not show any such thing.

U.S. Park Police fired tear gas on protesters gathered outside the White House to demonstrate against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death pic.twitter.com/sBXKc7vngI

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 31, 2020

 

 

A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter tweeted out an NPR piece headlined “Park Police Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters To Clear Way For Trump Church Photo-Op.”

PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor reported erroneously that she was “still processing that I saw peaceful protesters teargassed outside the White House so Pres Trump could walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church.”

The Washington Post ran an article falsely headlined, “Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a Trump photo op,” authored by Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, and Rebecca Tan. Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson claimed Tan “was tear-gassed in reporting this story.” Gender and family issues reporter Samantha Schmidt retweeted that claim, adding, “There were five of us Post reporters — all young women — near Lafayette Square when federal officers started spraying gas and rubber bullets.”

The New York Times falsely headlined its article, “Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church.” An accompanying video showing the result of smoke canisters was falsely headlined:

 

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“His walk came after riot police and National Guard troops used tear gas and flash grenades to clear a path through a peaceful protest in a city park,” the New York Times falsely reported about both the use of tear gas and whether the protests were peaceful. They were not.

In response to Augenstein, Garrett Haake claimed, “Tear gas was definitely used, and park police can’t 🤷🏼‍♂️that.” Asked what made him sure about his claim, he cited his “experience. the burning sensation it caused in my lungs, & my retired marine security.”

Here is a video of the effects of actual tear gas used in training.

MSNBC falsely reported, “Trump Visits Church After Police Clear Protesters With Tear Gas.”

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos reported the doubly false “Police use tear gas, push back peaceful protesters for Trump church visit.”

The Washington Post’s dramatic Philip Rucker falsely claimed in a tweet that “Military police fire tear gas at peaceful protesters to clear street in front of St. John’s.”

Peter Baker of the New York Times falsely reported on the security threats and how they were removed, saying, “police and troops have moved against peaceful protesters with tear gas and flash bangs.”

Here the New York Times falsely claimed the protesters were peaceful and that tear gas was used against them:

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Brett LoGiurato, the senior editor of Wharton Press peddled the tear gas lie and instructed his political allies to censor the news:

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Maggie Haberman of the New York Times also peddled the lies about tear gas and peaceful protesters:

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NPR hit a trifecta by falsely reporting about tear gas, falsely reporting about peaceful protesting, and as a bonus downplaying the arson against the church:

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Religion News Service’s Jack Jenkins got the story wrong.

The Daily Beast/CNN’s Jackie Kucinich also falsely reported about peaceful protests and tear gas. She wrote, “This was a peaceful protest. And they are using tear gas. In the United States. In front of the White House. They tear gassed peacefully protesting and shot rubber bullets at people so President Trump could walk across the park to St. Johns on television. Correction …he had protesters tear gassed to walk to St. Johns, hold up a Bible in front of the church, usher in advisors for the photo-op. And then … walk home.” Whatever the previous sentences of fact-free emoting are, they’re not journalism.

Jonathan Swan of Axios claimed an anonymous “senior White House official told Axios that when they saw the tear gas clearing the crowd for Trump to walk to the church with his entourage: ‘I’ve never been more ashamed. I’m really honestly disgusted. I’m sick to my stomach. And they’re all celebrating it. They’re very very proud of themselves.’” To state the obvious: this source seems extremely poorly informed and not worth granting anonymity to.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Fox News contributor Jonah Goldberg both fell for and used the false reporting as a means of critiquing former Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin for complimenting Trump’s visit to St. John’s. Former Obama ambassador Michael McFaul, who has repeatedly spread false stories related to the Russia collusion hoax, also fell for this story.

The entire narrative the media glommed onto in lockstep was that Trump was a monster who tear-gassed peaceful protesters to do something meaningless. None of that was true. But it took a day of reporting to get the truth out, long after the lie took hold.

At times it seems as if there is nothing that many in the media won’t lie about to accomplish their political goals.

In related news, despite or perhaps because of the media hysteria, polls show overwhelming majorities of Americans support the use of the National Guard and the military to bring peace to the cities the media claim aren’t being targeted by violent riots.

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39 minutes ago, Markinsa said:

 

Woohoo! One more member of the swamp gone!  Go Trump!

 

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Hummmm..........Swamp?

Miller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is a four-time recipient of the Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest civilian award of the U.S. Department of Defense.[4]

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2 hours ago, caddieman said:

Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed To Clear Way For Trump Church Photo-Op

The plaza between St. John's Church and Lafayette Park was full of people nonviolently protesting police brutality late Monday afternoon when U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops, with the use of tear gas, suddenly started pushing them away for no apparent reason.

And then it became clear. 

President Trump wanted to walk from the White House through the park to the Episcopal church. Camera crews scrambled to keep up with him as he strode through the park, followed by his daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, along with Attorney General William Barr and other administration officials.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials

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@caddieman,

 

You really need to stop reading and citing these Anti-Trump (TDS) FAKE NEWS sites...they have been shown to be unreliable and always biased. It does not bode well for you and the rest of the Anti-Trumpers on this forum, as the LEFT has become 'rabid' and 'insane' and only gives you bad associates to be aligned with.

 

Indy

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4 hours ago, caddieman said:


Yeah I don’t think she tear gassed people to do it. You really don’t see the difference?

Keep promulgating  lamestream media lies. You might eventually get one right. A clock is right twice a day but remember that it is wrong the other 86,280 times. That is a 0.0000231 percent of being right! I think the dinar has better odds of  RV'ing than the LSM does at being right. My odds are on the dinar.

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Trumpkins will never turn on their golden haired pOTUS, never....even if one of their family members are hurt by his tactics....They've sold out completely.....They are blinded and will never see, for Reality T.V., alt news sources and the dark web has stolen their ability to discern their truth from fact.  As always, just my opinion.  

 

GO RV, then BV

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13 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

Trumpkins will never turn on their golden haired pOTUS, never....even if one of their family members are hurt by his tactics....They've sold out completely.....They are blinded and will never see, for Reality T.V., alt news sources and the dark web has stolen their ability to discern their truth from fact.  As always, just my opinion.  

 

GO RV, then BV

And you will never see the evil and  supernatural forces that not only blind you to your hatred but to your personal self destruction. 

Hate will kill you. 

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11 hours ago, caddieman said:


Hummmm..........Swamp?

Miller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is a four-time recipient of the Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest civilian award of the U.S. Department of Defense.[4]

 

So was Lt Col Vinman. That guy was a weasel.  Swamp.

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Date: June 2, 2020
Contact: uspp_pio@nps.gov

 

The United States Park Police (USPP) is committed to the peaceful expression of First Amendment rights. However, this past weekend’s demonstrations at Lafayette Park and across the National Mall included activities that were not part of a peaceful protest, which resulted in injuries to USPP officers in the line of duty, the destruction of public property and the defacing of memorials and monuments. During four days of demonstrations, 51 members of the USPP were injured; of those, 11 were transported to the hospital and released and three were admitted.

Multiple agencies assisted the USPP in responding to and quelling the acts of destruction and violence over the course of the weekend in order to protect citizens and property.

On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park.  At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

To curtail the violence that was underway, the USPP, following established policy, issued three warnings over a loudspeaker to alert demonstrators on H Street to evacuate the area. Horse mounted patrol, Civil Disturbance Units and additional personnel were used to clear the area. As many of the protestors became more combative, continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons, officers then employed the use of smoke canisters and pepper balls. No tear gas was used by USPP officers or other assisting law enforcement partners to close the area at Lafayette Park. Subsequently, the fence was installed.

Throughout the demonstrations, the USPP has not made any arrests. The USPP will always support peaceful assembly but cannot tolerate violence to citizens or officers or damage to our nation’s resources that we are entrusted to protect.

 

 

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24 minutes ago, caddieman said:


Wow I didn’t know he gassed American citizens to do that too.........

 

You really don't know the difference between Tear Gas and Pepper Spray?  I know what Tear Gas feels like, do you?  Or do you think it is ok to being throwing bricks, rocks and bottles?  Do you really think that is ok?  Do you really think that is peaceful?  If you do, you're a fool.

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And by the way, if you see these people in the midst of all that smoke?  If that was Tear Gas there is NO WAY they would be standing there like nothing is happening.  Their eyes would be watering, and they wouldn't be able to keep their eyes open.

 

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