Anderson Cooper was completely taken aback last night after hearing Donald Trump just had peaceful protestors teargassed outside the White House so he could walk across the street, along with Jared and Ivanka, for a photo op in front of a vacant church.
“Oh my God,” Anderson said as reporter Kaitlan Collins reported the reason for the teargassing. “Wow. We are in trouble.”
Trump purportedly took the photo to show Americans that he’s not cowering inside bunker like everyone is claiming. (For the record: Trump did, indeed, hide in the White House bunker over the weekend as protestors gathered outside the executive mansion.)
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“He was hiding in a bunker and embarrassed that people know that,” Cooper said. “So what does he have to do? He has to stick police on peaceful protesters so he can make a big show of being the little big man walking to a closed down church.”
Cooper continued, “He always talks about how the world is laughing at the governors right now, [but] the only person the world is laughing at is the President of the United States. And this event, if it wasn’t so dangerous and disgusting, it would be funny because it’s just so low rent and sad.”
Low rent and sad, indeed.
"We are in trouble." –@AndersonCooper pic.twitter.com/RmMmOKCfXy
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) June 2, 2020
Later in the broadcast, Cooper ripped into Trump, calling him a failed leader, outrageous, and dangerous.
“We are witnessing a failure of presidential leadership at a time when this country, when we the people, need it more than ever, perhaps in our lifetime,” he said.
“So, a lot to unpack there, the president threatening to use unprecedented military force on U.S. soil while offering a preview of it on the streets of Washington. The President wanted peaceful protesters–the kind he said he just supports–he wanted them out of the way for his photo op. It was simultaneously outrageous and dangerous.”
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“What the president doesn’t seem to know or care is that the vast majority of those protesting, they too are calling for law and order,” Anderson continued. “People have waited for days for this wannabe wartime president to say something. And this is what he says. And that is what he does.”
“Of course violence is no answer, but people protesting deserve answers. And they haven’t gotten them no matter how many black men had been murdered, lynched in prison, mistreated, redlined, blackballed from jobs. We all know it. People protesting in the streets — they know it and they’re tired of it. And we should be too.”
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WSnyder
Never before has a President turned off the lights inside the White House and taken shelter in the Presidential Bunker under the East Wing due to fear of Protesters outside. Why all the guards and now soldiers being necessary? Because the people in charge of guarding the President know how unpopular he is. They know how his words and action inflame situations, not calm them. They know that he ONLY makes situations WORSE, not better. He can’t be trusted to empathize with people who are hurting, he only enrages them to act out. I’m not ever going to endorse the looters or people who use violence, but I am 100% behind the Protesters who show up peacefully and exercise their First Amendment rights. This is a major reason why this d*bag is unfit to be President. That’s in ADDITION to the 105,000+ COVID-19 fatalities in the US and the now 40 million+ unemployed. Hold him and his GOP cohorts responsible this November.
curiobi
When is enough finally going to be enough with him for his party to step up and remove him as leader?
kevininbuffalo
They won’t remove him because they’re scared of his base. The People will have to remove tRump and his Congressional enablers in in November. It’s up to us.
Cam
They are spending millions and arresting thousands all to avoid arresting all the cops who murdered an unarmed black man on camera.
whatsaywhat
WHITE SUPREMACIST TYRRANY
Onecaddy13
This is what gets me, Everyone goes off due to misguided info from hypocritical cable news outlets. AG Barr had the perimeters moved & they were not tear gassed, they were smoke bombs. (Huge difference) and as far as the Bunker goes, no US president makes that call, it is solely the secret services call. This always happens when any new station gives its viewers misguided and incorrect information. This is why everybody is up in arms and gets angrier. I totally agree with the protesters, (Justice will prevail) but what I don’t agree with is the looting and the burning of the businesses. They’re totally hurting the residents who live in the cities that now have nowhere to shop, buy groceries, etc. because of a few bad apples they’re taking it out on all the police that may one day save you or a loved one. NOT ALL COPS ARE BAD!! Mr. Floyd, RIP.
Den
EVERY conventional media outlet has indicated that smoke bombs, tear gas, flash bang grenades and rubber bullets were used to clear the church for Trump’s little photo op. And none of the typical fact checking sites seem to be debunking that (in fact Snopes even published the AP article so they obviously feel confident about it being correct).
I find it hard to believe that you are privy to facts nobody else seems to be.
And almost nobody “agrees” with the looting and burning!
Cam
Troll, it was on camera. See, that’s the problem with you accounts whose job it is to defend right wing bigots, you lie about things that are easily disproved.
missvamp
i agree with kevininbuffalo. we have to remove him. impeachment on emboldened him. he thinks he’s untouchable now. #bunkerbitch will do or say anything at this point. & i agree with bill maher, that even if we do vote him out, he will try to stay & say the election was rigged. so we may be looking at the military or dc police having to remove him from the white house come jan. he’s that guy!
rocknstan
Cast a vote by mail against Trump —
If we are permitted to vote.
What if he hides in the bunker instead of leaving the People’s House?
Patsy Stoned
rockntan, if that’s the case then bring in the cement truck! And start pouring!!