Senate Democrats introducing resolution to condemn Trump for treatment of protestors
By Jordain Carney - 06/02/20 01:43 PM EDT
Senate Democrats will introduce a resolution to condemn President Trump for the use of tear gas against protesters outside the White House Monday evening.
The resolution, which is expected to be introduced on Tuesday, would condemn Trump for "ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors."
The National Guard, U.S. Park Police and Secret Service used rubber bullets and tear gas to clear demonstrators from Lafayette Square so that Trump could cross the street to St. John’s Church, which had been set on fire by vandals the night before.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the decision was "appalling," an "abuse of presidential power" and "may have well been illegal and it was blatantly unconstitutional."
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