.MaddowBlog: With heavy-handed tactics, Pres. Trump's church photo-op backfires
' online homepage this morning, there was a 13-word headline that summarized what transpired nicely:"Peaceful Rally Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Can Pose at a Church." It's apt because it's precisely what happened.,"We long ago lost sight of normal, but this was a singularly immoral act. The president used force against American citizens, not to protect property, but to soothe his own insecurities.
"He did not pray," the bishop, Mariann E. Budde, said in an interview. Referring to the death of the black man in police custody that set off the protests, she added:"He did not mention George Floyd, he did not mention the agony of people who have been subjected to this kind of horrific expression of racism and white supremacy for hundreds of years. We need a president who can unify and heal. He has done the opposite of that, and we are left to pick up the pieces.
The article added that a visiting priest attending St. John's was sprayed with tear gas as she tried to help scared demonstrators leave the area. The bishopthat she's"outraged," not only by the heavy-handed tactics, but also by Trump's willingness to use a church"as a prop."
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