'What America needs is for you to be stopped,' says the angry Democratic mayor following the fatal shooting of a man during a protest.
at a news conference Sunday, accusing him of deliberately inciting the violence tearing his city apartWheeler accused Trump of fueling “the hate and division” triggering violent clashes on America’s streets.
“You’ve tried to divide us more than any other figure in modern history,” the Democratic mayor told Trump in an impassioned statement. “And now you want me to stop the violence that you helped create.”Wheeler complained about Americans being subjected to Trump’s “racist attacks on Black people,” “sexist attitudes” toward women, his “mocking” of a disabled man” and labeling Mexicans “rapists.”
“Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence? It’s you who have created the hate and division. ... It’s you who claimed white supremacists are good people,” Wheeler said.
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