He told governors that they need to step up law enforcement measures in response to the protests so ‘you’ll never see this stuff again.’
Donald Trump reportedly demanded governors crack down harder on George Floyd protesters in a video call on Monday. allegedly ordered governors to ‘dominate’ George Floyd protesters in an ‘unhinged’ video call, according to newly leaked audio., telling governors that they need to step up law enforcement measures in response to the protests so ‘you’ll never see this stuff again.’
‘You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over your, your’re going to have to look like a bunch of jerks,’ Trump reportedly said. ‘Washington was under very good control, but we’re going to have it under much more control. We’re going to pull in thousands of people.’
Trump allegedly went on tell the governors they need to ‘arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,’ the president went on to say to the governors – with one participant saying that Trump’s tone seemed ‘unhinged.’
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