“I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis,” Trump tweeted. A second tweet continued, “These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let this happen. Earlier in the day, Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, told reporters that the president was “very upset” when he watched the George Floyd video. Trump later told Buck Sexton, the radio host, that he watched the video “like everyone else did. Please keep the focus on George Floyd, on advancing our movement and on preventing this from ever happening again," tweeted St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, who is black.

Source: Fox News May 29, 2020 06:11 UTC