Posted on 09/23/2016 4:32:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Washington (CNN) -- Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said Republican nominee Donald Trump's assumption that drugs are a factor in her city's protests is "presumptuous."
"It's presumptuous for him to make conclusions like that without having thorough conversations with some of the folks who are here on the ground and are really aware of what's going on and what the reasoning is," she told CNN's Carol Costello on "Newsroom."
Multiple police officers and citizens have been injured this week during protests after the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a police officer. Charlotte police say Scott was armed at the time he was fatally shot, but his family said he was reading a book in his vehicle when police officers approached and shot him.
Trump tied the eruption of violent protests to narcotics, telling a Pittsburgh crowd Wednesday that "drugs are a very, very big factor in what you're watching on television at night."
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They just need some space to destroy, right Jenny?
I suppose the mayor considers some motivations to torch and loot and riot more “pure” than others.
Well she’s a lib, so....
One of the reporters on Tues or Wed night said the place reeked of marijuana and alcohol.
We'll be not waiting for the apologize that will never follow after learning it was all true.
In that picture of her, it looks like drugs might be a factor too.
That;s a MAN, BABY!!!
No it’s no presumptuous. One of the cable network reporters said on his live broadcast that the air was full of the smell of marijuana and he also smelled alcohol
sheeez
She went back into the closet to hide on the first night of the rioting. The police chief had to make the call to the governor for help.
The word “presumptuous” indicates ... to me ... Trump will be proven right (again) later on ... when we learn drugs are a part of all this rioting
Oh, yeah, mayor, you’re a friggin’ GENIUS! You guys have NO drug problems in Charlotte.
Has she denounced the presence of out of state agitators, or is she too afraid to do that?
Charlotte has no drug problem! Charlotte has no gang problem! Charlotte has no homeless problem!
Come on, people, get with the program!
The mayor is correct! No one should be allowed to make a reasonable statement (as Trump did) without first having "thorough conversations".
And studies must be completed, and conferences must be held. Noted professors must be given time to collect data, and present the results. Etc., etc. And only after all that should anyone offer any reasonable statements.
As a side note, that's why the Deplorables support Trump. His common sense resonates with them.
As correct as he probably is, I hope Trump doesn’t take the bait on this and start tweeting. Not at this point in the campaign.
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