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During their Tuesday evening newscasts, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) proved they were staunchly anti-police by railing against President Trump for defending law enforcement while he signed an executive order proposing much-needed reforms. Along with decrying the executive order for not going “far enough,” they were outraged that Trump would surround himself with police officers in the White House Rose Garden.
ABC chief White House correspondent Jon Karl (who also leads the anti-Trump White House Correspondents Association), was particularly irked by Trump’s persistence in defending the police from leftist radicals. “The President's speech today in the Rose Garden started out as a plea for unity (…) But the President quickly turned to tough talk about law and order,” he griped on World News Tonight.
As if one couldn’t be for police and reforms at the same time, Karl suggested Trump tricked people with the signing ceremony. “The event was called for the President to sign an executive order the White House billed as an effort to address the issues raised by the protests across the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, but the President spent most of his remarks defending law enforcement,” he whined.
Karl was also outraged that Trump chose to have cops at the signing ceremony. “But when it came time to sign the executive order, the President was surrounded by nine law enforcement official us, only one of them black,” he huffed. “The order makes no mention whatsoever of racism in policing.”
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