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.
Trump: When they spit at people— they spit, that's their new thing—when that happens, I have a little statement: they spit, we hit.., if that happens, they get hit very hard pic.twitter.com/gYpwNz3F9O
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 8, 2025
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.'
@POTUS They did far worse than spitting on Jan. 6.
— ModerateRepublican (@Modr8_1104) June 8, 2025
Sounds like an excessive use of force. One that will surely be taken up with the courts via lawsuits.
— Vince Wilson (@VinceWilsonShow) June 8, 2025
'Unless you attacked police on Jan 6 then you get to go free and we'll pay you millions in taxpayer dollars'
— Jhoff10 (@Jhoff10) June 8, 2025
If you spit on a police officer that does not give the police officer the right to beat the crap out of you. It does, however, give the officer the right to arrest you.
— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) June 8, 2025
Cruelty isn't a policy, it's a warning sign. 'They spit, we hit' isn't leadership, it's incitement. Brutality, dehumanization, and escalation are the ethos of authoritarian regimes. This is far from law and order. It's about power through fear. And we must resist this evil.
— Evaristus Odinikaeze (@odinikaeze) June 8, 2025
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