Donald Trump Accused Of Inciting Violence With Chilling New Rhyme
President Donald Trump drew accusations of inciting violence after he recited a rhyme to reporters on Sunday.
Trump claimed that people who are protesting the federal immigration raids that are being carried out by his administration are now spitting on agents.
Spitting 'and worse' is 'their new thing,' the president claimed, offering no evidence to back up the assertion.
Then he said, 'They spit, we hit.'
'And I told them, nobody's going to spit on our police officers, nobody's going to spit on our military, which they do, it's a common thing,' he added.
If they spit in the face, 'they get hit very hard,' Trump warned.
Critics on social media suggested Trump's remark gave the go-ahead for police brutality and the excessive use of force.
Others recalled the pardons that Trump dished out to hundreds of his supporters who had been convicted for their involvement in the deadly and violent U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, during which law enforcement officers were attacked.
Trump drew similar ire in 2020 when, amid the protests of the police killing of George Floyd, he warned, 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts.'
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