After a video went viral this week, President Trump on Tuesday taunted a group of protesters who were seen’ eating out at a Pittsburgh restaurant.
"BLM protesters are harassing elderly
Pittsburgh diners, pulling them out of their plates while eating and scaring
them with loud sarcasm. These are anarchists, not protesters, Biden voters, but
they have no control. And there's nothing to say. I've never seen anything so
humiliating. "Thugs," Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.
Trump also claimed that "because of
the weak and pathetic Democratic leadership, these thefts are happening in
other Democratic-administered cities and states" and that the Democratic
presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala
Harris (D) won't even talk. This. "
Biden's campaign has repeatedly condemned
the violence during nationwide protests against widespread police reform and
calls for racial justice. The protesters in the footage do not mention Biden.
Trump has consistently attacked Biden over
protests and unrest, saying the former vice president accuses police of
violence rather than protesters.
The video of some protesters shouting at a
Pittsburgh dinner went viral over the weekend. Restaurant customers can be seen’
leaving their tables in the footage.
In one video, protesters are seen’ leaving
a group of protesters and drinking from a consumer. Another protester shouted
at a diner over a megaphone.
Grace Harvey, a Facebook user who shared
footage of the incident, said: "We saw protesters being rude, harassing
and physically ruthless people just passing by or enjoying a meal in
silence."
I was enjoying a late meal at the outdoor
table in Pittsburgh yesterday when a "peaceful" demonstration took
place, although...
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
protesters drank from angry people; Nick Kraft said the video did not show
other people telling protesters the "importance of blue lives." Kraft
said a man at the restaurant criticized the protesters, and the woman with whom
he had offered Kraft brought beer and discussed the situation.
Kraft told the store, "So, I'm a
theater, Drake type person, I said I don't have time to wait for you to order
another beer; I'll take one from you. “Craft told the store. Other protesters
also called for peaceful protests.
Police in Pittsburgh are reviewing footage
and information about Saturday's protests, police spokeswoman Cara Cruz
confirmed to The Post-Gazette.
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