Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) joined a large gathering of protesters in Harrisburg on Wednesday, just weeks after slamming local leaders and business owners as “cowardly” for moving to reopen their counties and businesses outside of his far-reaching lockdown orders.
A New York City Councilman suggested that President Donald Trump should revoke benefits, given out during the coronavirus, to suspected looters arrested during riots around the country following the death of George Floyd.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday briefly addressed the protests sweeping the nation but used the opportunity to promote a few of his most sought after political agendas, from Medicare for All to “transforming our energy system.”
Claims about the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters” disseminated by Democrat leaders but denied by U.S. Park Police galvanized people to join the estimated 2,000 demonstrators who descended on the nation’s capital on Tuesday, considered the most massive crowd yet.
At least three illegal aliens shielded from deportation by President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have been arrested among hundreds in riots taking place in Phoenix, Arizona.
Nearly all rioters have been freed from jail in Washington, D.C. and most have had felony riot charges dropped against them and they are now only facing burglary, destruction of property, and curfew violation charges.
Tuesday on “PBS NewsHour,” Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD) said that President Donald Trump needed to listen with “humility and respect” to Americans protesting nationwide in response to the death of George Floyd.
“Just remember this country was founded on protest. It’s called the American Revolution, and every step of progress of this country,” he said. “Every expansion of freedom, every expression of our deepest ideals has been won through efforts that has made the status quo uncomfortable.”
McEnany voiced tepid support for Esper, after he stated Wednesday that he did not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
The media is reporting that “health experts” signed an open letter supporting the protests that have, in many American cities, devolved into violent riots that have destroyed neighborhoods and businesses, because “white supremacy is a public health issue” that has contributed to the spread of the coronavirus.
Gabby Orr, White House reporter for Politico, issued a string of demonstratively ill-toned questions following President Trump’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church, asking why he did not pray or read specific versus from his “prop” Bible.
Trump is not happy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper for comments opposing using active-duty military forces to quell violent riots.
Look at our “We’re Here For You, Stay Home for Us” healthcare heroes now. Watch as they openly cheer a mass-gathering, and not just anywhere, but at the coronavirus ground zero of New York City.
Conservatives must make political inroads with black Americans or risk losing the country to the left, warned Sonnie Johnson, host of SiriusXM’s Sonnie’s Corner, offering her remarks on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
The president of the New York City police union wrote in a letter to his fellow sergeants, “I know we are losing the city,” amid the violence.
The Iranian parliament jumped on the bandwagon of oppressive authoritarian regimes using the riots in American cities to score political points against the United States, and issued a statement declaring black Americans “have been unable to breathe for decades under the pressure of racial terrorism by the U.S. regime.”
Looters ransacked a mom-and-pop pharmacy in the Bronx during Monday night’s free-for-all in New York City, destroying a business that took the family 14 years to build and leaving many unable to get their essential prescription drugs.
The Minnesota National Guard has been helping out communities impacted by the riots following George Floyd’s death last week in Minneapolis.
A man was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after he allegedly tried to stab several officers with an exposed syringe during the protests throughout the city, police said.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) is upping the charges against Derek Chauvin, the former cop who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck for nearly ten minutes, to second-degree murder, and he intends to charge the three other officers who were on the scene, according to a local report.
Conservative MP Desmond Swayne reportedly expressed his support for President Donald Trump, who called on American lawmakers to crack down on the violent and destructive riots that have erupted following the death of George Floyd.
During a June 3 interview on the Brian Kilmeade Show, President Trump observed that Americans buy guns for safety, yet Democrats want to take them away.
Vandals participating in the widespread riots in response to the killing of George Floyd commandeered at least one reach forklift to break into a Best Buy in the city of Fairfield, CA, during daylight hours yesterday, several videos show.
Dozens of National Guardsmen and federal police officers stood guard on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday evening.
More than 60 officers with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) have been hospitalized with serious injuries since riots began in the city on Saturday, May 30.
At least four black American men and one biracial woman have been killed in riots wreaking havoc on American cities over the last week.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is pointing out the media talking heads that criticized governors for re-opening after the coronavirus shutdown are eerily silent as “thousands of anarchists” are tearing up cities around the nation.
Karl Rove, the architect of President George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, is reportedly advising President Trump on outreach to the black American community for the 2020 presidential election amidst riots across the United States.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her husband were spotted at a protest near the White House Tuesday evening, where she stated that President Trump is “imposing violence on our people.”
More than 400 looters arrested in New York City, New York, riots this week will be immediately freed from jail thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-NY) “bail reform” policy that eliminated bail for many nonviolent and violent crimes.
“Be a good communist and enforce the law,” said Joel Pollak, referring Democrat officials’s refusal to maintain law and order amid unrest.
Citizens of Austin, Texas, located and donated to a homeless man whose only belongings were destroyed by rioters on Friday.
At least 11 people have died in the U.S. over the unrest concerning the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
Donald Trump Jr. on Monday wondered why the establishment media’s obsession with restrictions spurred by novel coronavirus virtually disappeared, asking why media personalities are no longer condemning “mass gatherings that would have been so deadly due to COVID 19 just a few days ago” as rioters take to the streets.
The massive protests over the death of George Floyd across the United States, which have devolved into rioting and looting mostly at night, cast doubt on the partial reopening of several non-essential businesses in cities plagued by the unrest as of Tuesday.
One hundred and thirty-two police Chicago police officers were injured during this weekend’s riots after George Floyd’s May 25th death in Minneapolis police custody.
The 82nd Airborne Division’s Immediate Response Force arrived to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Monday evening.
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday used the riots in the United States to accuse her critics of having “double standards” for criticizing the way her administration, and the Chinese Communist government in Beijing, have handled the Hong Kong protest movement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) opted to read from the Bible on Tuesday in response to President Trump walking to St. John’s Episcopal Church that was damaged during Sunday night’s protests, holding up a Bible.
A 22-year-old biracial woman was killed early Monday during a protest in Davenport, Iowa, after she had joined a protest and was leaving.
