Texas Republican Party racists

All Republicans aren’t racists but there sure are lots of them. Disgusting!

A dozen Texas GOP county chairs shared George Floyd conspiracy theories and racists memes https://t.co/3tpcmgoybu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 6, 2020

The Republican chairs of four Texas counties are sharing unfounded conspiracy theories about George Floyd's death https://t.co/UFQtvNqoys pic.twitter.com/tws3FhDAm5
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 6, 2020

Sid Miller falsely says George Soros orchestrated George Floyd protests | The Texas Tribune https://t.co/QTS3QJPQ6f
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 6, 2020

A Texas Republican county chair-elect won't assume office amid backlash for posting a controversial image of an MLK quote with a banana https://t.co/G0Jg4CV8Bl pic.twitter.com/HrLr9ARWZx
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 7, 2020

Does suburban white collar Texas look at this and say: yes these are the people I belong with! https://t.co/2goGNJILDv
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 6, 2020

People are still gargling with bleach because of Trump’s dangerous comment

DALLAS – Following 46 cases of bleach ingestions in the North Texas Poison Center region since the start of August, experts are again warning people that drinking the chemical won’t prevent COVID-19.”

(h/t @DrEricDing⁩) https://t.co/qH9giISBkA
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) August 25, 2020

Gargling with bleach? Americans misusing disinfectants to prevent coronavirus, survey finds https://t.co/VyFIzSGNW2 pic.twitter.com/IpdmcjybiS
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 5, 2020

CDC: Some Americans are misusing cleaning products — including drinking them — in effort to kill coronavirus https://t.co/Lt1gPMKBXx
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 5, 2020

New CDC report: One-third of survey respondents engaged in “high-risk practices”—like using “bleach on food products,” “applying cleaning and disinfectant products to skin,” and “inhaling or ingesting cleaners”—in an effort to prevent COVID-19 infection.https://t.co/ZK55RgCIPf
— Olivia Messer 🌻 (@OliviaMesser) June 5, 2020

OMG! Putting bleach on their food. Washing their bodies w/ household cleaning & disinfectant products. Inhaling and sometimes even gargling w/ bleach or disinfectants — A 3rd of Americans surveyed by the CDC admit to risky cleaning behaviors like these during #COVID19 pandemic.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) June 5, 2020

Unemployment was down but not for black workers

Black people have been more likely to die from Covid. Black businesses were more likely to be excluded from government relief. Black workers are more likely to be unemployed and less likely to be rehired. Structural racism at every level. https://t.co/kshZrdLsFf pic.twitter.com/fsbOxRK5Hb
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 4, 2020

Workers who returned to restaurants, dentist offices and retail stores helped boost the employment figures.

But the unemployment rate among black workers increased. https://t.co/g9w29gIMtH
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 5, 2020

The unemployment rate for African Americans went UP in May, a month the president just called “a tribute to equality.” White unemployment fell.
— Tony Dokoupil (@tonydokoupil) June 5, 2020

Dear @realDonaldTrump

You left this part out of your bullshit press victory tour today. "What do you have to lose?" Remember that?

Black unemployment hits highest rate in more than a decade https://t.co/0uA05o8O5m
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 5, 2020

The unemployment rate, which had climbed to a stunning 14.7% in April, dropped to 13.3% in May.

But the unemployment rate for black workers (and particularly black women) rose from April to May. https://t.co/Amx3jIzOXD pic.twitter.com/oGe5ydXDQr
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 5, 2020

Trump refuses to answer a question about increased unemployment for black Americans pic.twitter.com/7ZvVCHTt80
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) June 5, 2020

Black unemployment rose in May while white unemployment fell. In a mere few months, all of the hard-won employment gains of the past decade among black workers have been wiped out.

Black Americans are suffering the most from the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/q0hViXuf9B
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) June 9, 2020

More than 36 million Americans are unemployed in the aftermath of nationwide pandemic shutdowns. 1.7 million Black women who were working pre-coronavirus and want to continue working have been left without a job. From The New York Times: https://t.co/KTb3IHaFsZ
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) July 4, 2020

More police brutality has been filmed

I’m not saying most or all cops are bad but there sure seem to be a lot of them. They know they’re being filmed and they still do terrible things.

Now you’ve seen that America’s police are:

▪️brutal, cruel, barbarians
▪️liars even w/video proof
▪️falsify reports
▪️work w/white nationalists
▪️give a shit abt Rights

And that’s with WHITE folks in broad daylight.

What you think they’ve been doing to us when no ones looking?
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) June 5, 2020

I don’t understand why they come out swinging like this. https://t.co/Xn4Rh1g5X3
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) June 5, 2020

Perspective: Police are reacting to protests against police violence with more violence https://t.co/uPRPGrDeJk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 5, 2020

Well, they wanted a riot, they got a riot. A POLICE RIOT! Oh, to be back in the F.B.I. running a civil rights squad for just one week. I’d keep my agents busy for the next three years. https://t.co/X3TLdN3Eqp
— DCGomez (@AllThingsNatSec) June 5, 2020

I guess the Erie police were trying to keep up with the Philadelphia police…..https://t.co/cidkz6q8D5
— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) June 5, 2020

This is just an astonishing video from Philadelphia, which shows police clubbing a nonviolent group of people in a park. https://t.co/MT2Y17ENWF
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 5, 2020

This video from Philly today is absolutely sickening. They’re literally cracking skulls with clubs. pic.twitter.com/mIRzI2SgXI
— Billy Fleming (@JooBilly) June 5, 2020

Another man on the sidewalk. Bleeding from his head. This time in Brooklyn. What. The. Fuck.

pic.twitter.com/xHi6fGERoz
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 5, 2020

“Not aggressive enough: 18%”

Again, Joe Biden saying that only 10-15 of the population are not good people is way lowballing it https://t.co/lNKRGcFkZX
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) June 5, 2020

In the past several days, @NYTMetro journalists embedded in protests have reported that officers had charged at demonstrators with seemingly little provocation, shoved them onto sidewalks, struck them with batons and used other aggressive tactics.https://t.co/Az1xAFfnlT
— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) June 5, 2020

the police aren't just rioting against accountability, they are rejecting the right of the people to hold them accountable outright. https://t.co/4dFFPOdSaO
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 5, 2020

not to mention his extensive bleeding from the ear https://t.co/yywSZyvtIL pic.twitter.com/FbWfPdrALi
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 5, 2020

This one guy is swinging that baton like he's playing baseball. These cops are out of control. https://t.co/rownrDxkUm
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 5, 2020

So between Philly, Buffalo and DC, we’ve seen some seriously violent reactions by law enforcement against protestors and journalists. All on video, contradicting department press releases.

The folks who cheer on the Durham probe are quiet about this. Shocking, I know.
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) June 5, 2020

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson invited Bernie Kerik on to downplay the idea of systemic racism. Kerik offered some data, but missed the important comparison. https://t.co/i00tcCi7DH pic.twitter.com/2D2u8gCOO7
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 4, 2020

Important story: A Florida officer who knocked over a seated protester just before a peaceful protest against police abuse turned violent has been reviewed by internal affairs for using force 79 times in his roughly three-and-half years on the force. https://t.co/9jh8pVdQlB
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 4, 2020

Polling highlights a stark gap in trust of police between black and white Americans https://t.co/145fKjBXeL pic.twitter.com/KB73yUHmyI
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 3, 2020

Philadelphia police inspector accused of beating a Temple student and abusing other protesters is under investigation and off the streets https://t.co/LuK2huTTcW
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) June 5, 2020

What a clear example of the wrong thing to do. This is a week for good police across the country to take a stance for justice and fairness, to understand they work for he public, and to renew their oath to serve and protect. Buffalo police officers resign. https://t.co/DKtRCHaGLn
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) June 5, 2020

I am working on something similar. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your effort. This is critically needed to create real change.

Also, it's vital that this have a "red flag" system for complaints against cops. #DerekChauvin had 18 serious complaints. https://t.co/AkkDefuUMe
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 5, 2020

Shocking uses of force by police captured on video. @jasoncarrollcnn reports https://t.co/2WOAtxcjDQ pic.twitter.com/aSllIBx37Q
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 5, 2020

How policing policies contribute to ‘us vs. them’ mentality. Charles Ramsey @darnell_hunt discuss pic.twitter.com/coN7MXI1O0
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 5, 2020

"In the past several days, New York Times journalists covering the protests have seen officers repeatedly charge at demonstrators after curfew with seemingly little provocation…" https://t.co/B629DP6aUG
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 5, 2020

Trump lies about using tear gas

There’s proof it was used. Trump and his staff just lie and lie and lie.

The government finally admitted the truth today. I am sick of all of the lies.

6/13 – finally admitting the truth

Secret Service issues a new statement correcting their claim that no pepper spray was used in Lafayette Park. As we all know, it was used. And this statement confirms that. https://t.co/bAa74z16jl
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 13, 2020

NEW: Park Police spokesman acknowledges chemical agents used on Lafayette Square protesters are similar to tear gas by @CarolLeonnig https://t.co/HJmeSFhUWQ
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) June 5, 2020

US Park Police: It was a “mistake” to say no tear gas was used in Lafayette Square. "It was a mistake on our part for using ‘tear gas’ because we just assumed people would think CS or CN [two common forms of tear gas] "https://t.co/B6UHIyoosw via @AlexWardVox
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) June 5, 2020

President Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week. An @APFactCheck finds evidence that they did. https://t.co/tu7oopN80u
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 4, 2020

The Trump campaign demanded numerous retractions from media outlets for accurately reporting on the presence of tear gas.https://t.co/KH1qOtfouH
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 5, 2020

Here are the pictures of the tear gas canisters deployed at Lafayette Square on June 1.

The administration has tried to say there was no tear gas used.

That is demonstrably false based on hard evidence from ⁦@wusa9⁩ https://t.co/RxaHgu5xNF
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 4, 2020

Despite claims to the contrary, federal police did tear gas protesters to make way for President Trump's awkward Bible photo op. Reporting by the local CBS affiliate https://t.co/58a68HCrSh
— American Atheists (@AmericanAtheist) June 4, 2020

Trump defenders spent much of the week dismissing the events in Lafayette Square by insisting that no tear gas had been used. It was never a strong case, and it just collapsed completely. https://t.co/f1Ecu3PAwl
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 5, 2020

White House violates federal social distancing guidelines

The White House moved the chairs together so Trump could make a political point. He’s a disgrace.

.@whca on today’s “news conference” in the Rose Garden pic.twitter.com/nTOLCRPsst
— jonkarl (@jonkarl) June 5, 2020

The news conference was initially set up for social distancing. Then the WH rearranged the chairs. Before and after pics from our @abdallahcnn pic.twitter.com/jxKAneAZsy
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 5, 2020

Members of the White House press corps became the latest political prop in President Trump's quest to reopen the country on Friday. Full story with @betsy_klein https://t.co/mnPCfVuYQ9
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 5, 2020

Trump’s authoritarianism in courts

Here’s my @PostOpinions essay with @jgeltzer, @neal_katyal, and @jentaub. I’m proud to be joined by so illustrious a trio as President Trump moves ever closer to authoritarian positions in the U.S. federal courts as well as on America’s streets https://t.co/4uaLngxAxd.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 4, 2020

New information on Trump’s attacks on Joe Scarborough

I know Trump and the Enquirer have a sordid history. But this happened *after* he was elected. In other words, the President of the United States used a supermarket tabloid as a private intelligence service against a political thorn in his side. https://t.co/skXEgcPhDL
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 3, 2020

Trump says he and a lot of other people feel that Scarborough "got a away with murder. … that was my feeling, a very strong feeling, and I do feel it."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 3, 2020

Trump again floats baseless conspiracy theory about Joe Scarborough, says on Fox radio: “I always felt that he got away with murder.” He says he feels “strongly” about that
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 3, 2020

This is, of course, batshit. But it’s so on brand for Trump that I can’t even imagine folks finding it all that remarkable. https://t.co/LiHZkFmPbW
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 3, 2020

US black-white inequality shown in graphs

US black-white inequality in 6 stark charts https://t.co/IEuG5VDnr8
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 3, 2020

In response to @itsafronomics's call to action I am going to make some observations as a macroeconomist. Black Americans’ share of wealth has hovered around 4% of total wealth for the past 30 years. People who account for more than 13% of the population hold 4% of the wealth..1/n pic.twitter.com/BGzeJYYEx6
— Dr Julia Coronado (@jc_econ) May 30, 2020

⚡️ “The black-white economic divide is as wide as it was in 1968”https://t.co/4scwRI19U9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 5, 2020

This is just an incredibly damning graph about the public policy decisions we’ve made over the last thirty years. pic.twitter.com/RvEhdJGdEq
— Bharat Ramamurti (@BharatRamamurti) June 10, 2020

Black families in the U.S. have 90% less wealth than white families—the gap has worsened over time (via @CNBCMakeIt) https://t.co/NPQQjaSOxL
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 27, 2020

Protests are happening in small towns, too

This thread continues to amaze. National news outlets need to do a better job reflecting the scope of the peaceful protests in between NY and L.A. – it's happening in small towns all across the USA https://t.co/sr8v9e73Dp
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 4, 2020

Smaller marches in the movement for black lives have popped up in areas that many would not expect. Many have been remarkable for taking place in rural areas where the vast majority of the population is white. https://t.co/e2NFW01ya2
— The Intercept (@theintercept) June 28, 2020