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This is where it was always going to end.

Gun nuts will attack peaceful protestors next, I predict.

Why is the 2nd Amendment there if you can't use it???

Now that James Mattis has denounced Trump calling him a "threat to the constitution", Trump tries to fire back that he fired Mattis, when in fact we all know that he resigned back in 2018. How does that old saying go, "how can you tell if Trump is lying? His lips are moving"

President Donald Trump's first secretary of defense, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, said in a remarkable 650-word statement to The Atlantic on Wednesday that the President is actively trying to divide the country and urged Americans to unite without him

Mattis has avoided directly criticizing Trump since his ouster in December 2018, but that changed after the administration used strong-arm tactics and dispatched authorities in riot gear to clear peaceful protesters in front of the White House this week so Trump could hold a photo op. Mattis, once the loyal general, unloaded on Trump and his threat to use the military to patrol US streets, which Mattis said would create a dangerous tension between the nation's citizens and the troops who are meant to protect them.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/mattis-trump-statement-annotated/index.html

Boom!  This is why Democrats wanted a continual lockdown.  Just wait until the job numbers come out for June now that California and New York are opening up.

From the article...

“It seems the damage from the nationwide lockdown was not as severe or as lasting as we feared a month ago,”

Good thing it was just a pandemic and not climate change action. So who are these fearful 'we' that the report mentions were so fearful of lockdowns?  In any case this feels like one of those signs you see on highway projects that proclaim "X number of new jobs created!" when it's really just a bunch of people who already had jobs working on a new project.

Meanwhile the company I work for just announced they're not opening until Mar 2021 at the earliest.

According to Stats Can, Canada added almost 290,000 jobs in May. Per capita, that would be about the same as the US.

Of course it could all go south in a hurry if there is a big second wave.

And if you thought he couldn't get any more ridiculous, Trump goes into the Rose Garden and claims the he thinks George Floyd must be looking down from heaven and saying it's a great thing happening for the country since the current job report showed positive results. Did donny forget just how Floyd left this world? Jazuz!


"Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country," Trump said.
"It's a great day for him. It's a great day for everybody," Trump said, adding that it "is a great, great day in terms of equality."

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-hopes-george-floyd-is-looking-down-and-admiring-us-economy-2020-6

U.S. jobs report represents 'a great day' for George Floyd, Trump says

ummm...  has he completely lost the plot?  I think he's fkn senile.

Except that’s not what he said.  You guys shouldn’t have to rely on fake news so much if Trump is so bad.

Washington Post Retracts Claim President Trump Called Jobs Report ‘Great’ for George Floyd
https://www.mediaite.com/news/washington-post-retracts-claim-president-called-jobs-report-great-for-george-floyd/

Except that’s not what he said.  You guys shouldn’t have to rely on fake news so much if Trump is so bad.

Washington Post Retracts Claim President Trump Called Jobs Report ‘Great’ for George Floyd
https://www.mediaite.com/news/washington-post-retracts-claim-president-called-jobs-report-great-for-george-floyd/

Maybe take a look a thte video and get back to us. It's exactly what he says.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-floyd-economic-report-1.5600068