Donald Trump says 'I am your law and order president,' orders 'heavily-armed soldiers' to D.C. and threatens to deploy military nationwide - then has protesters tear-gassed outside White House so he can walk to a fire-damaged church and brandish a Bible

Daily Mail UK ^ | June 1, 2020 | Emily Goodin

[Morgana]

President Donald Trump declared himself the 'law and order president' Monday night as law enforcement officials used rubber bullets, tear gas and officers on horse back to clear out protesters so Trump could walk to an historic church across from the White House for a photo-op.

'I am your president of law and order,' Trump said in the Rose Garden as the split screen on televisions across the nation showed peaceful protesters being fired upon and cleared out 30 minutes before Washington D.C.'s curfew went into affect.

'The biggest victims of the rioting are peace loving citizens in our poorest communities, and as they are president, I will fight to keep them safe. I will fight to protect you. I am your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters,' Trump said in brief remarks. As he spoke helicopters circled over head and booming sounds could be heard.

Armed offices on horse back cleared protesters from around the White House so the president could walk across Lafayette Park to pay his respects to St. John's Church, the historic chapel across from the White House known as the president's church. It suffered damage in Sunday night's protest.

If the city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residence, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them,' the president said.

[Morgana]

The DM is really up set and it shows in the title, why not? All they have are those pussies in the Royal family.

[gibsonguy]

I bet Emily was crying she wrote this.

[entropy12]

DM hates people who have a set of oranges.

[Mariner]

I love this sh!t.

Liberals aren’t yet sure how they feel about it lol

[Morgana]

Yes someone call her a WHHAAAAAAMBUUULANCE!

[Bratch]

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The Episcopal bishop of DC – who oversees the DC church Trump just stopped at – tells the @washingtonpost she is "outraged" and that neither she nor the rector was asked or told… “that they would be clearing with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop.." 1/3 

..holding a bible, one that declares that God is love and when everything he has said and done is to enflame violence. I am beyond.We need moral leadership and he’s done everything to divide us and has just used one of the most sacred symbols of the Judeo-Christian tradition."2/3 

"We so disassociate ourselves from the messages of this president. We hold the teachings of our sacred texts to be so so grounding to our lives and everything we do and it is about love of neighbor and sacrificial love and justice." @Mebudde Bishop Mariann Budde 3/3

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[shelterguy]

Drama queen.

[MtnClimber]

Hillary could do better, she even survived snipper fire!

[Viking2002]

‘Tear gassed’? They need to ‘flame thrower’ their asses. No. More. Warnings.

[eastexsteve]

I don’t care if he was walking down the street to buy an ice cream cone. He has a right to do so in complete safety.

[ConservativeMind]

Well, that was nicer than lighting them on fire.

[jmaroneps37]

They don’t know which lie to tell

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

This headline isn’t inflammatory at all...

[ScottinVA]

They were probably told to clear the area and refused. There’s always another side to the story.

[rightwingcrazy]

“Most antifa come from the anarchist movement or from the far left”

The one noteworthy thing in this article is that there actually some people that DM labels “far left”. I wonder what the criteria are.

[semimojo]

I love this sh!t.

As I posted elsewhere, remember that time Obama had the March for Life protesters tear gassed at 6:45 EDT during the national news so he could walk to the Lincoln Memorial and have his picture taken?

We FReepers loved that.

[RummyChick]

i see more white people in this philly arrest video than black

https://twitter.com/FvkwiTimade/status/1267291196432449536

[Fido969]

Gee this morning he was a coward hiding in his bunker, now he is a mean thug and me a bully, wading onto danger.

Lol.

[Sirius Lee]

"Brandished a Bible" no less. And waved it around menacingly.

These journalistas are hopeless.

[PghBaldy]

Merv Griffin had coconuts https://youtu.be/nf670orHKcA