Trump calls the Black Lives Matter mural to be painted outside Trump Tower a 'symbol of hate'
This comes after Washington, DC Mayor Mueriel Bowser had "Black Lives Matter" painted in yellow block letters large enough to fill 16th street, which leads to the White House, and renamed the portion of the road "Black Lives Matter Plaza."
Trump has taken an aggressive posture towards the anti-racism movement and nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's killing by Minneapolis police. Last week, he accused Hawk Newsome, president of the Greater New York Black Lives Matter, of committing treason by threatening to "burn down this system and replace it" to achieve the group's goals.
"Black Lives Matter leader states, 'If U.S. doesn't give us what we want, then we will burn down this system and replace it.' This is Treason, Sedition, Insurrection!" Trump tweeted. A Black Lives Matter painting is seen on the street near the White House as protests against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, continue in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2020.Vice President Mike Pence recently said he doesn't support the Black Lives Matter movement because its leaders are pushing a "radical left agenda, including calling to defund police departments and reallocate taxpayer money to social services.
"What I see in the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement is a political agenda of the radical left that would defund the police, that would tear down monuments, that would press a radical left agenda, and support calls for the kind of violence that has beset the very communities that they say they're advocating for," Pence said inA large majority of Americans support the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality and racism, according...
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