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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Trump wanted to 'shoot' demonstrators protesting George Floyd's death: book
Business insider ^ | 05/02/2022 | John L Dorman

Posted on 05/02/2022 11:04:21 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former President Donald Trump wanted to "shoot" demonstrators protesting the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd, according to a forthcoming book written by former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

In June 2020, Trump became increasingly frustrated with the fury ignited by the death of Floyd while in custody of the Minneapolis police, Esper wrote in the book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times," which is slated for release on May 10.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rioters should be shot. Doing so will stop riots.


41 posted on 05/02/2022 11:28:07 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well considering they were burning cities to the ground and killing people, yeah I would have gone for that option too sounds like a plan to me


42 posted on 05/02/2022 11:28:14 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“ Former President Donald Trump wanted to “shoot” demonstrators protesting the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd…”

Who the hell didn’t?


43 posted on 05/02/2022 11:28:29 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: OttawaFreeper

“Stick that in your trophy case”


44 posted on 05/02/2022 11:30:45 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What’s the context of this claim? People say all sorts of things they don’t mean when they’re upset.


45 posted on 05/02/2022 11:31:22 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

But none were shot...... Why do these people write books and add sensationalism in them? To sell the book?


46 posted on 05/02/2022 11:31:48 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: OttawaFreeper

“Game Ball!”


47 posted on 05/02/2022 11:32:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Shooting looters used to be a thing.....


48 posted on 05/02/2022 11:32:55 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Trump wanted to 'shoot' demonstrators protesting George Floyd's death

I hope that included Mark Esper and John L Dorman.

49 posted on 05/02/2022 11:33:38 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Leep

And Milley, too.


50 posted on 05/02/2022 11:33:58 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Greenie weenie ecofreaks in Europe and the USA are responsible for this war.)
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To: muir_redwoods
“ Former President Donald Trump wanted to “shoot” demonstrators protesting the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd…” Who the hell didn’t?

I would have preferred that they simply quietly have Rip give him a ride to the train station near the Wyoming Border. (Yellowstone reference)

51 posted on 05/02/2022 11:34:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wish he had...


52 posted on 05/02/2022 11:34:53 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Leep

And Milley, too.


53 posted on 05/02/2022 11:35:51 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Greenie weenie ecofreaks in Europe and the USA are responsible for this war.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

54 posted on 05/02/2022 11:35:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wow! Me, too!


55 posted on 05/02/2022 11:36:11 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump should have offered flowers and cookies to the Antifa paramilitaries.


56 posted on 05/02/2022 11:36:35 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Demonstrators?

Lie.

Looters and Arsonists, beatings and murders.


57 posted on 05/02/2022 11:37:25 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

First, all options should be discussed.
Second, it wasn’t a protest (George Floyd riots).....IT WAS ACTUALLY AN INSURRECTION!!

See, now you add the word insurrection and they can shoot and beat unarmed people at will!


58 posted on 05/02/2022 11:37:28 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: Erik Latranyi

I bet the truth is more likely “President discussed options for the use of deadly force in response to violent rioting and threats of bodily harm to police and citizens.”


59 posted on 05/02/2022 11:38:18 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Trump wanted to 'shoot' demonstrators protesting George Floyd's death: book

Shooting rioters is exactly what sane rational governments do. Especially arsonists and violent rioters.

Not shooting violent rioters is how you get more violent rioters.

60 posted on 05/02/2022 11:38:42 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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