President Trump on Friday warned individuals against protesting in Tulsa, Okla., ahead of his Saturday campaign rally there, suggesting any demonstrators would be treated harshly.
“Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis,” Trump tweeted Friday. “It will be a much different scene!”
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The city of Tulsa has announced a curfew for Friday and Saturday in order to prevent violent protesting around Trump’s rally, which has been shrouded in controversy since the president initially announced plans last week to hold it in Tulsa on June 19.
Trump was forced to move the date to June 20 after widespread outcry over the campaign’s decision to not just stage the event on Juneteenth, an annual holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, but to stage it in Tulsa, the site of one of the deadliest incidents of anti-black racial violence in the country in 1921.
The Trump campaign has also faced criticism for holding the large-scale event during the coronavirus pandemic, prompting concerns from the city’s health department.
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JUST IN: Trump warns protesters ahead of Tulsa rally https://t.co/JVigLIg58k pic.twitter.com/iWX9tp40W8
— The Hill (@thehill) June 19, 2020
El Commandante has a message for you heartland peasants https://t.co/0Bd3ZchGyN
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 19, 2020
Cool threat, bro. https://t.co/k1kuE3LdSL
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 19, 2020
By the way, if your headline says "Trump appeared to threaten" or "Seemed to threaten" over his Tulsa tweet, get better writers.,
It was a threat. Full stop.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 19, 2020
Protesters have a Constitutionally-guaranteed right to peaceably assemble. https://t.co/H82HTXkxxE
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 19, 2020
Trump can talk tough — he always does — but it is up to state and local authorities to deal with the terrorists among the so-called “peaceful protesters.” And I’m sure the taxpayers of Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma will be delighted to foot the bill for what could be a night of extreme violence, arson, destruction and maybe murder.
But what does Trump care? This is about winning a second term. Who cares how much it’s going to cost? Who cares about the people who may lose their businesses and maybe their lives? Like I said elsewhere, it will be collateral damage. All that’s important is that Trump wins in November.
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