Posted on 08/31/2020 4:26:03 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump said Monday that he is not planning to meet with members of Jacob Blake’s family while in Kenosha, Wis., because they wanted to have “lawyers involved” which he called “inappropriate.”
“I spoke with the pastor, wonderful man, the family’s pastor. I thought it would be better not to do anything where there are lawyers involved,” Trump told reporters Monday when asked why he wasn’t planning to meet with the Blake family during his trip to Wisconsin on Tuesday.
“They wanted me to speak but they wanted to have lawyers involved and I thought that was inappropriate so I didn’t do that,” Trump continued. “I may at some point do that, but they did have a lawyer that wanted to be on the phone and I said, no that’s inappropriate, but I just gave my best regards.”
On Tuesday, Trump will visit Kenosha, which has been the site of protests and in some cases violence since last week after Blake, a Black man, was shot in the black seven times by a police officer. Blake is currently in critical condition in the hospital following his injuries. The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox News earlier Monday that the administration has been “efforting outreach” to the Blake family but hadn’t been able to connect with them. Chief of staff Mark Meadows left messages with the Blake family and has been speaking with the family’s pastor, his office said.
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Smart move, probably that Ahole Crump
“lawyers” = Crump & crew. They would have made any meeting a political circus.
Smart move.
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Brussel Sprouts were involved.
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It’s not only inappropriate, it’s retarded and threatening.
“...Blake, a Black man, was shot in the black seven times by a police officer. “
Obsessed a little by the word “black,” y’think?
I don’t think Trump wanted to talk legal points with them.
Correct, I’ve never heard of such a thing. Sounds like the coaching from BLM is to make it impossible for Trump to see them. BLM is a racist organization
*spit* Crump *spit*.
“Brussels sprouts.”
Well, at least Blake won’t be sexually assaulting people anymore - that’s one good thing to come out of this.
“”””“...Blake, a Black man, was shot in the black seven times by a police officer. “
Obsessed a little by the word “black,” y’think?”””””””””””””
Maybe they don’t know how to spell....lifelong POS criminal with felony warrants who was fighting the cops and had a knife.
That family had a chance to do something constructive again and they just blew it.
Lawyer trap.
I don’t understand why he was meeting with them in the first place.
The president tries to make a heartfelt phone call and they try to put an attorney on the line? Very inappropriate.
Why would Trump even bother meeting with the family at all?
Well trump can visit with the police and other people from the town who requested him to come.
Probably because he is going to kenosha anyway to visit the town and people there so why not.
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