“What do you think they [protesters] want?” Harris Faulkner of Fox News asked the president. “What do you think they need, right now, from you?”
Here was Trump’s answer, verbatim:
"Protesters for different reasons. You’re protesting also because, you know, they just didn’t know. I’ve watch - I watched very closely. Why are you here? They really weren’t able to say, but they were there for a reason, perhaps.
“But a lot of them really were there because they’re following the crowd. A lot of them were there because what we witnessed was a terrible thing. What we saw was a terrible thing. And we’ve seen it over the years. We haven’t, you know, this was one horrible example, but you’ve seen other terrible examples. You know that better than anybody who would know it. And I know it. I’ve seen it, too. I’ve seen it before I was president. I’ve seen it. I think it’s a shame. I think it’s a disgrace. And it’s got to stop.”
Edit: This quote was from 2020
Remember when we were all laughing at George W Bush and the dumb shit he said? At least the fuck was concise rather than this embarrassment going on about how he used to tie an onion to his belt to scare off Mexicans or whatever he said.
I remember when we laughed at Dan Quayle misspelling ‘potato’.
I remember when a guy just wanted to have his dick sucked by a cute intern and almost was impeached.
Woah woah. That was because he lied about it and it was a breach of family values.
Nothing like our current president who only tells the truth and is all about family values. And holds the Bible right side up.
Indeed. And remember, nothing screams family values like ‘grab them by the pussy’.
Come on. Clinton was guilty of exactly what Starr charged him with. If he’d been convicted maybe it would have led to holding powerful politicians accountable and prevented someone like Trump from ever happening. Instead the Dems circled the wagons and spun it like he was being persecuted. People are still repeating that lie to this day.
What do you suppose would have happened to you or me if we’d perjured ourselves before Congress?
Nah I totally agree. I’m just pointing out the degree of hypocrisy. I’ve heard the take that the disingenuous politician realized they were free from repercussions after Nixon got away with it.
Didn’t mean to come off as divisive along party lines. Democratic and Republican party leadership is on the side of corporations and the wealthy. One class. Working class.