Witnesses said the attack was unprovoked, an assertion backed up by video. The protest erupted late Tuesday after officers arrested a Black man who had walked into a restaurant with a megaphone and a baseball bat, according to police. Trump blamed Carpenter for being attacked on Thursday during a town hall with Fox News’Sean Hannity. The president said the state senator was likely encouraging destructive actions by protesters, who ended up toppling a statue of anti-slavery activist Col. Hans Christian Heg, who died fighting for the Union in the Civil War. Nobody’s ever seen it.”It was unclear why Trump pointed out that Carpenter is gay.

Source: Huffington Post June 27, 2020 01:15 UTC