Absolutely heinous. @AliVelshi didn’t deserve to be shot by a rubber bullet, anyone celebrating that violence has something wrong with them, and it’s twisted for anyone least of all a president to call it “law and order.” No journalist should find this acceptable. https://t.co/1VDhdfoL1H
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 19, 2020
Celebrating government acts of violence against 1st-Amendment-protected activities is the very opposite of law and order. It is unconstitutional. It is shameful. It is evil. https://t.co/jO0DengPi9
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 19, 2020
This video is the President of the United States, saying it is beautiful to see an American journalist hit by gas and a rubber bullet while covering protests in a Minnesota.
— Jim Golby (@jimgolby) September 19, 2020
This is not law and order; it is appalling and extremely dangerous. https://t.co/eo2Z1c3kGN
Here's the President of the United States celebrating an American journalist getting shot with a rubber bullet while using his First Amendment right to cover a protest *in America*. Trump says it was a "beautiful sight" and frames it as "law and order." The crowd cheers. https://t.co/w2UBlA5Apm
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 19, 2020
So, @realDonaldTrump, you call my getting hit by authorities in Minneapolis on 5/30/20 (by a rubber bullet, btw, not a tear gas cannister) a “beautiful thing” called “law and order”. What law did I break while covering an entirely peaceful (yes, entirely peaceful) march?
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) September 19, 2020
Sad! 