May 3, 2022

NO ONE HATES JUST MEXICANS:

Scoop: Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters (Mike Allen, 5/02/22, Axios)

Esper enraged Trump by publicly stating in June 2020 that he opposed invoking the Insurrection Act -- an 1807 law that permits the president to use active-duty troops on U.S. soil -- in order to quell protests against racial injustice.

Michael Bender -- then with The Wall Street Journal, now with the N.Y. Times -- reported last year in his book, "Frankly, We Did Win This Election," that Trump repeatedly called for law enforcement to shoot protesters during heated meetings inside the Oval Office.

Posted by at May 3, 2022 8:04 AM

  

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