Background Briefing: September 1, 2020
Trump’s Unwelcome Visit to Kenosha
We begin and go to Wisconsin where President Trump showed up with Attorney General Barr today in spite of entreaties from the Governor not to visit the site of recent demonstration at which two Black Lives Matter protestors were shot dead and another wounded by a young pro-Trump vigilante who Trump suggested was more of a victim than a perpetrator. Although the mayor of Kenosha made clear Trump was not welcome, Trump inspected property damage and held meetings with the Kenosha police chiefs who have colluded with local militias and allowed the killer of the protestors to wander away from the crime scene past the police who had earlier praised his efforts at confronting the demonstrators. Ruth Conniff, the Editor-in-Chief of the Wisconsin Examiner who was previously Editor-in-Chief of The Progressive Magazine, joins us to discuss the dishonest, distorted and dangerous narrative Trump continues to feed his base portraying cities on fire and rampant looting by anarchists while condoning vigilante violence and racist policing.
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