WASHINGTON, June 3 — US Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution yesterday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House. Protests have swept US cities, including Washington, since the May 25...
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Protests have swept US cities, including Washington, since the May 25 killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American who died after a white policeman pinned his neck under a knee for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis. “It just indulges in a myopic obsession with President Trump that has come to define the Democratic side,” he said.
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