President Donald Trump on Sunday launched into a Twitter tirade against military veterans who marched with protesters in Portland, Oregon, calling them “anarchists who hate our country.”
As he sinks in the polls, Trump is desperately trying to win a “law and order” campaign. But to do so he has to paint Black Lives Matter protesters as a group of violent anti-American attackers. However, videos from the march are working against his narrative.
Over the weekend, several news outlets reported that “a wall of veterans” from every branch of service lined up to protect Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon, as Trump’s federal troops tear-gassed and beat demonstrators.
Trump reacted to the news by attacking the veterans.
“The ‘protesters’ are actually anarchists who hate our Country (sic),” Trump tweeted Sunday. “The line of innocent ‘mothers’ were a scam that Lamestream refuses to acknowledge, just like they don’t report the violence of these demonstrations!”
The “protesters” are actually anarchists who hate our Country. The line of innocent “mothers” were a scam that Lamestream refuses to acknowledge, just like they don’t report the violence of these demonstrations! https://t.co/A0IBAzqVoT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2020
Here are videos of the prostest:
Here is Marine Corps veteran Duston Obermeyer talking about the Wall of Vets.
He mentions Chris David, a Navy veteran that went up to speak with federal officers last week and got brutally hit with a baton.
That backstory/video here: https://t.co/JhGC1R9ncq pic.twitter.com/gTPY1024u4
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) July 25, 2020
