- “If the White House, the President, and his team had to do it all over again, would you have gassed and pummeled protesters to clear the park so the President could have a photo op?” CNN’s Jim Acosta asked White House press sec. Kayleigh McEnany on June 3, 2020.
...the Lafayette Park clearing that took place last year on June 1st, the day after the historic St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C. was set on fire by Antifa/BLM-led rioters.
For those who missed it, the report released by the IG directly contradicted the volumes of media reports that claimed President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr had the park forcibly cleared and demonstrators “tear-gassed” so Trump could stage a “photo op” walk from the White House, where he had just given a speech denouncing rioting, to St. John’s Church.
From the summary...(click)
...it’s important we take a look back to see just how deeply invested those outlets were in keeping their false narratives alive about what happened.
CNN, of course, led the way – with Jim Acosta featuring prominently in many of their stories on the incident, but there were many others, including the WaPo, New York Times, NPR, and Vox: (Read all!!)
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