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Subject Demands for Trump Removal Grow as 'Fascist' Speech Condemned as Declaration of War Against US Public
Date June 3, 2020 12:31 AM
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DEMANDS FOR TRUMP REMOVAL GROW AS 'FASCIST' SPEECH CONDEMNED AS
DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST US PUBLIC  
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Jake Johnson
June 2, 2020
Common Dreams
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_ "Trump needs to be removed now, because after the massacre it will
be too late." _

President Donald Trump walks away after making a statement in the
Rose Garden on June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C. , Chip
Somodevilla/Getty Images

 

President Donald Trump's pledge Monday evening to deploy the full
force of the U.S. military against demonstrators protesting the
killing of George Floyd—and the president's authorization of police
violence against peaceful protesters to clear the way for a
photo-op—amounted in the eyes of lawmakers, rights groups, and
commentators to "declaration of war" against the U.S. public that must
result in Trump's removal from office.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) characterized Trump's remarks from the Rose
Garden of the White House as a "fascist speech" that "verged on a
declaration of war against American citizens" who have taken to the
streets across the nation to condemn police brutality and racial
injustice.

"I fear for our country tonight and will not stop defending America
against Trump's assault," Wyden tweeted
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Other progressive lawmakers similarly condemned Trump's address,
during which the president vowed to deploy " thousands and thousands
of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel, and law enforcement
officers," to the streets of the nation's capital.

Following his speech, the president walked from the White House to St.
John's Episcopal Church as police officers swinging batons and hurling
tear gas canisters cleared the streets of peaceful demonstrators. The
ACLU demanded
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an immediate investigation into the president's approval of
"politically-motivated and life-threatening use of indiscriminate
weapons" against the crowds of protesters.

After police officers and military personnel forcefully removed
demonstrators from his path, Trump arrived at the church and hoisted a
Bible for the cameras. The White House Monday night posted an edited
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the president's walk on Twitter which includes zero indication that,
as Trump casually strolled to St. John's, protesters were being
brutally attacked for his benefit.

"The president of the United States tear-gassed peaceful protestors in
order to clear the way for a useless photo-op outside the White
House—just after vowing to activate the military against our own
people," tweeted
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Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). "Lives and our democracy are in danger."

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed Trump for having "peaceful
demonstrators viciously attacked."

"This is not a dictatorship," tweeted
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Sanders. "This is the United States of America. Our citizens have a
constitutional right to peacefully protest. It's called the First
Amendment."

Will Bunch of the _Philadelphia Inquirer_ wrote in a column
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late Monday that Trump's speech in the Rose Garden represented "the
moment we've been dreading since that escalator ride down Trump Tower
five years ago this month—that's been slowly building brick by brick
as Donald Trump tore down the rule of law, abused the presidency to
enrich himself, and grabbed the bully pulpit of the White House to
divide America with racism, sexism and xenophobia."

"Backed into a corner after his incompetence and distrust in science
was trampled by a virus that's killed 105,000 Americans, compounded by
40 million unemployed, and now massive, chaotic protests over the
police brutality and racism that he has nurtured instead of combating,
the president of the United States declared war on the American
people," Bunch wrote. "Donald Trump needs to go, and we can't wait
until even November 3, let alone January 20, 2021."

_Slate_'s Ben Mathis-Lilley also made the case for Trump's speedy
removal from office, warning in a column
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Monday that "there is not much more room for the president's program
of violence to keep escalating."

"Trump needs to be removed now," wrote Mathis Lilley, "because after
the massacre it will be too late."

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