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From CNN's Kaitlan Collins and Kevin LiptakThere is a serious divide among President Trump's top allies and advisers over how he should address several nights of protests and riots across the nation following the death of George Floyd, according to several sources familiar with the deliberations.
Trump is being urged by some advisers to formally address the nation and call for calm, while others have said he should condemn the rioting and looting more forcefully or risk losing middle-of-the-road voters in November, the sources said.Some aides have sought to convince Trump against using violent rhetoric after he wrote on Twitter that “when the looting starts the shooting starts." During a staff call Friday, Trump's top domestic policy aide, Brooke Rollins, argued for a measured response to riots the night before, advice that was echoed by Jared Kushner, the sources said. Several advisers feared, and hoped to avoid, another Charlottesville moment. Trump, who believes his law and order stance helped get him elected, wasn’t immediately receptive to those concerns, the officials said, but he later tried to downplay his message about using armed force on looters as a statement rather than a threat. The next day, Trump had revived some of the violent imagery by evoking dogs and weaponry at the ready inside the White House gates, despite the earlier encouragement from his advisers to tone down his language. While aides like Kushner have pushed for a more restrained response, Trump is also hearing from several advisers who warned that by not condemning the protests that turned into rioting and looting, he is risking losing some demographics that will be key to his election victory in November, like suburban women voters. Trump has been told he should more forcefully denounce those spray painting buildings, looting Targets and setting cities on fire — and that he hasn't done so nearly enough.
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