Dueling claims: Trump blames Antifa for riots, Minnesota officials point fingers at white supremacists and cartels https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tr...int-fingers-white-supremacists-dueling-claims President Trump on Saturday blamed at-times violent protests that took place across the U.S. a day earlier on Antifa and other left-wing groups -- as Minnesota officials claimed that white supremacists and even drug cartels were involved in stoking violence. “It’s ANTIFA and the Radical Left. Don’t lay the blame on others!” Trump tweeted Saturday, referring to far-left violent groups who often describe themselves as “anti-fascist.” On Friday night, protests and riots broke out across the country in response to the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd's death while in police custody earlier this week. Video emerged of a police officer pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck, what protesters have called another incidence of police brutality against black men. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday he has authorized "full mobilization" of the state's National Guard -- something that has never been done in the 164-year history of the Minnesota National Guard -- in response to the protests that have turned increasingly violent. Later, speaking to reporters before flying to Florida, Trump said a “lot of radical left, bad people” were to blame for the violence in Minneapolis and elsewhere and said “they have to be tougher” fighting back against the rioters. “We can have our military there very quickly,” he said. “They've got to be tough, they've got to be strong, they've got to be respected, because these people, these Antifa -- it’s a lot of radical left, bad people -- and they've got to be taught that you can't do this.” Meanwhile Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other officials have suggested that organized outsiders, including but not limited to anarchists, white supremacists and gangs from other states, were behind the destruction and chaos in Minneapolis. “We are now confronting white supremacists, members of organized crime, out of state instigators, and possibly even foreign actors to destroy and destabilize our city and our region,” Frey tweeted Saturday. Asked if he was aware of reports that white supremacists had been involved in the looting, Walz said that based on his “suspicions and what I've seen on this, yes." He went on to raise the possibility that drug cartels were getting involved, too, according to NBC. "It gets worse than that," he went on to say. "The cartels, who are wondering if there was a break in their drug transmissions, are trying to take advantage of the chaos. That's why this situation is on a federal level." Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington, meanwhile, said that they were analyzing those who had been arrested and seeing if they were linked to extremist groups. “We have seen things like white supremacists organizers who have hosted things on platforms about coming to Minnesota,” he said, adding that officials are looking to see if people involved in the protests are connected to criminal organizations. He went on to say that officials are working with state, local and federal partners to see “is this organized crime, is this an organized cell of terror, where is the linkage?” It is not clear what groups the officials were referring to, or what the evidence is that white supremacists or drug groups are involved. There were no obvious signs of white supremacy on display in footage of the protests. (More at above url)
The situation in Minn has set back African American relations 10 yrs. African Americans - you are not thug enough to be black - have been hounded by the perception that they are inferior. The last couple of days have demonstrated this in spades. Nothing but a humble apology from the African American community would be acceptable. Monkey see monkey do. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is one of the weakest political people I have every heard about. What a wimp. sensitivity to the legitimate rage and anger - was manifested in a very healthy gathering of community Nothing was legitimate about the rioting and looting. Nothing was healthy. He should be demanding an apology for the hooligans. “The sheer number of rioters has made it impossible to make coherent arrests... The capacity to be able to do offensive action was greatly diminished” by the sheer scope and seemingly organized nature of the assaults," Walz said. It does not get much weaker than this. Do whatever you want because we do not have the will to defend by any means necessary. According to Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, every person arrested in the city last night was from out of state: “We don’t know these folks,” he reiterated. Sure would like to know the race of this out of state people.
Just what I thought Minneapolis mayor says 'white supremacists,' 'out of state instigators' behind protests, but arrests show different story https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mi...ut-of-state-instigators-george-floyd-protests Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz This is the weakest politician I have ever heard about. How can someone like this be a governor. God help America.
So I'm here watching CNN and they're playing some audio from the conference call between Trump and Governors. Basically he calls the pussies. A definite LOL, classic Trump and a WTF Donald, this isn't the type of leadership required at this point. This government is broke AF.
Was the call made from his safe space underground? Or did the WH release some talking point again about how "he only spent a hr there"?
Yes. He is following the Secret Service protocol and planning for how to protect the president when your ilk finally show up at the White House, which they did. We know you cheer for dead americans on a daily basis, and we know what the big prize would be for you and your ilk. Some of your buddies are about to find out that the government and the presidency get to fight back too with live ammo as needed. Trump has had been dealing with a coup attempt since before he was elected so this is nothing new, just a new tactic.