Protestors marched to the White House on Friday night and tried to run through the barricade over the death of George Floyd, a man killed earlier in the week when he was removed from his car during an arrest and subsequently killed.

Secret Service and police set up a perimeter and deployed pepper spray in an attempt to disperse protestors, who managed to breach some barricades. There are reports of one officer being injured.

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Trump has claimed the protestors were “professionally managed” and not genuine demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd.

Pres. Trump tweeted the following: 

Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone….

Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2020

Trump added the following:

….got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard – didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would….

….got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard – didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2020

The president added:

….have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and….

….have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2020

Trump finished his thank you with this:

….good practice.” As you saw last night, they were very cool & very professional. Never let it get out of hand. Thank you! On the bad side, the D.C. Mayor,
@MurielBowser
, who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved. “Not their job.” Nice!

….good practice.” As you saw last night, they were very cool & very professional. Never let it get out of hand. Thank you! On the bad side, the D.C. Mayor, @MurielBowser, who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved. “Not their job.” Nice!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2020

This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on May 30, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.

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