Hoyer: Gassing of protestors 'worthy' of Trump censure
By Mike Lillis - 06/02/20 03:22 PM EDT
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday hammered President Trump for having police clear peaceful protesters near the White House, saying the tactic is the mark of an authoritarian leader — and one deserving a censure by Congress.
"It is certainly an action worthy and appropriate to censure and to criticize," Hoyer told reporters on a press call. "The president stokes violence, he stokes anger, he stokes division. It was terrible action for him to take."
Hoyer emphasized that Democratic leaders have not yet discussed a specific response to the events of Monday night, when federal law enforcers removed a crowd around St. John's Episcopal Church, just north of the White House, with the use of tear gas, batons and flash grenades.
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