Democrat DC Mayor Muriel Bower blasted President Trump Saturday morning, tweeting:
My police department will always protect DC and all who are in it whether I agree with them (such as those exercising their First Amendment Right) or those I don’t (namely, @realdonaldtrump)…
While he hides behind his fence afraid/alone, I stand w/ people peacefully exercising their First Amendment Right after the murder of #GeorgeFloyd & hundreds of years of institutional racism
There are no vicious dogs & ominous weapons. There is just a scared man. Afraid/alone…
Bowser was responding to President Trump’s criticism of her as he had written:
Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone….
….got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard – didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would….
…have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and….
….good practice.” As you saw last night, they were very cool & very professional. Never let it get out of hand. Thank you! On the bad side, the D.C. Mayor, @MurielBowser, who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved. “Not their job.” Nice!
DEVELOPING: Chaos near the White House as protesters clash with Secret Service.
Agents repeatedly warned the protesters of unlawful assembly before incident escalated. #dcprotest
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 30, 2020
*VIDEO*: Trees are now being lit on fire. Other protesters putting them out.
A firework just went off.
This is outside the White House. @wusa9 #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/7ht1CvPdHE
— Tom Dempsey (@KCTomDempsey) May 31, 2020