The president spoke at a roundtable where he blasted “looters, rioters” and “really bad people” who had taken part in the demonstrations.
President Trump spent part of Tuesday afternoon surveying businesses damaged by riots last week in Kenosha, Wis., sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Afterwards, the president spoke at a roundtable where he blasted “looters, rioters” and “really bad people” who had taken part in the demonstrations that turned violent. He also questioned the existence of systemic racism, an issue that has been one of the main drivers behind the recent protests.
The president has made the protests — and his calls for an aggressive response to them using federal forces — a major theme of his re-election campaign. He has repeatedly suggested his election opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, is, along with other Democrats, behind the unrest and has discounted the premise behind the Black Lives Matter movement.
“To stop the political violence, we must also confront the radical ideology that includes this violence,” Trump said. “Reckless far left politicians continue to push the destructive message that our nation and our law enforcement are oppressive or racist. They’ll throw out any word that comes to them.”
Trump was also pressed on whether he believes in the existence of “systemic racism” more generally. He criticized the reporter for bringing up the issue and urged them to focus on the “tremendous violence” taking place along with the protests.
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