A significant majority of Americans who voted for President Trump in 2016 say they are planning to do so again this year. We talked to some who aren't. “I’m ashamed to say that I’ve voted for him," one voter, who called herself a staunch Republican, said. https://t.co/l3QDRJ6hMs
This is my friend Ethan. He lost sight in one eye when a police officer shot a tear gas canister directly into his face while he and his incredible mother were cleaning up after an early protest in Minneapolis after George Floyd was killed. What follows are his mom's words. /1
Here's the President of the United States being so disinterested in hearing about Americans suffering, dying, and having their entire lives wiped out that he picks up his phone and searches for paranoid conspiracy tweets that worship him.
Seriously.
I think one of the toughest realities of my adulthood is accepting that some people just don’t want their perspective challenged. Some people just don’t want to grow.
THIS WAS ON A FRIEND’S PAGE: An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’
THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:
@realDonaldTrump
This is how I, a 45-year-old white woman and mother of 6, currently at her peak Karen power, went from assuming police work was a necessary part of functional communities, to becoming a passionate advocate for #abolishthepolice#defundthepolice, over the course of one week.
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This account from @ess_trainor confirms what I've been wondering the past few days as I've learned more about police brutality.
It seems there is little obligation to serve and protect. Sure, maybe for someone who looks like me, but not the community at large. This is wrong.
Been signing lots of petitions these days. Each individual voice makes a difference when we come together! Here’s the most recent one, regarding skin-color inclusive dance wear: https://t.co/j8SVI0M7Vy via @Change
If you judge those going out to protest because of COVID19 spread, then you should also judge the law enforcement who are confining them... IN A PANDEMIC.
All the police brutality is getting me fired up. Hope it’s getting you fired up, too. This abuse of power needs to stop.
From a public-health perspective, “nothing is riskier” right now than continued police escalation + confinement, @jameshamblin writes.
https://t.co/CyzHlU9TLu