Trump’s National Guard ‘Surge’ Allowed George Floyd Protesters To ‘Demonstrate Safely,’ White House Says
Christian Datoc
Senior White House Correspondent
June 08, 2020 11:56 AM ET
Trump administration officials told the Daily Caller that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. ensured that the protests in the nation’s capital over the weekend of June 6 and 7 were dramatically more peaceful than those that took place the weekend prior.
Senior White House officials told the Daily Caller that the protests, in both the District and cities across the country, didn’t “spontaneously†turn peaceful overnight and attributed the “decisive†deescalation to coordination between local law enforcement and National Guard troops.
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