Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said President Trump should stop commenting on the protests sweeping the nation in response to the death of George Floyd, arguing that the president is making the situation worse.
“He should just stop talking. This is like Charlottesville all over again,” Bottoms said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” referencing the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally and counter-protest in Virginia after which Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides.”
“He speaks and he makes it worse,” she added. “There are times when you should just be quiet, and I wish that he would just be quiet.”
“This is like Charlottesville all over again. He speaks and he makes it worse. There are times when you should just be quiet. And I wish that he would just be quiet.”
Atlanta Mayor @KeishaBottoms reacts to President Trump’s handling of protests across the country. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/FN3qQJcOS2
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) May 31, 2020
If Trump can’t stay silent, she said “if there’s somebody of good sense and good conscience in the White House, put him in front of a teleprompter and pray that he reads it and at least says the right things.”
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Atlanta mayor tells Trump to "stop talking": "This is like Charlottesville all over again" https://t.co/jpqSZeZgHu pic.twitter.com/mLpFXFXf1a
— The Hill (@thehill) May 31, 2020
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: "[Trump] speaks and he makes it worse." https://t.co/5FFMGzUFOJ pic.twitter.com/KNyuSMO7Dp
— The Hill (@thehill) May 31, 2020
He is completely useless in this crisis, as he has been in pandemic crisis. https://t.co/AcBWZht9N4
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) June 1, 2020
….went downhill after Jerry Orbach left. https://t.co/yCjvz6CA9l
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) June 1, 2020
GORBACHEV SINGS TRACTORS! TURNIP! BUTTOCKS! https://t.co/KDdLvEMSJH
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 1, 2020For those of you too young to get that last joke pic.twitter.com/x13r8EDHyR
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 1, 2020The full cartoon. Backstory: Oliver (the kid on the left) is a genius hacker. Milo is the kid reading the paper. Oliver broke into Pravda's computer to change the headline. However, it didn't go quite as planned… pic.twitter.com/Gi5MWSPo0J
— Kevin Simonich (@Limekiller70) June 1, 2020
SNORKEL! ALBUQUERQUE! https://t.co/1Cfvl3GCuB
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 1, 2020
Statements like this one from the President of the United States endanger the lives of reporters: https://t.co/Z1Pqv40Ewf
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) May 31, 2020
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