Resolution that could reprimand Trump’s treatment of protesters introduced by Senate Dems

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Democrat lawmakers in the Senate will introduce a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s use of force in dispersing the peaceful demonstrators outside the White House last Monday night.
• Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that Trump’s directive was “appalling,” “illegal and unconstitutional,” and a clear “abuse of presidential power.”
• Republican Senator Tim Scott told Politico that Trump should not have directed the federal officers to use tear gas in getting rid of the peaceful protesters.

Democrat senators are planning to file a resolution to reprimand President Donald Trump’s use of forceful dispersal against peaceful protesters outside the White House last Monday night.

The resolution, set to be introduced on Tuesday, seeks to condemn Trump for giving the go signal to the federal officers to use tear gas and rubber bullets against the demonstrators who were peacefully rallying in Lafayette Square beside the White House on June 1, 2020. The action, based on the resolution, is a clear violation against the right to peaceful protest.

The calm protest went into chaos as the National Guard, US Park Police and Secret Service used rubber bullets and tear gas to get rid of the protesters in Lafayette Square so the president could walk across to street to St. John’s Church.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that what happened was “appalling,” an “abuse of presidential power” and “may have well been illegal and it was blatantly unconstitutional.”

“There’s no one home at the White House and the lights are off. I fear for the future of our country, that in this time of immense difficulty, our president is only capable of contributing more division, more fear, more chaos,” he said.

While reproaching unlawful violence and looting, the resolution would also provide congressional support to the Americans’ right to peaceful protest. Numerous Republican senators said on Tuesday that neither of them saw the actual situation of the protest nor described it as peaceful.

Republican Senator Tim Scott told Politico that the president should not have directed the federal officers to used tear gas in dealing with demonstrators who were calmly protesting.

“But obviously, if your question is, should you use tear gas to clear a path so the president can go have a photo-op, the answer is no,” he said.

Democrats will try to pass the resolution in the senate which is led by Trump’s GOP party.

The protests of Americans across the country were sparked by George Floyd’s death, the 46-year-old unarmed black man who was killed in a brutal arrest by white cops in Minneapolis.

Source: The Hill