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We re just talking at the top of the show about the difference between joe biden and his approach to the press, not calling them enemies of the people, and donald trump, who not only called the press enemies of the people but wanted to send some to jail, threatened to send some to jail and now of course you have here donald trump because people protesting, asking secretary of defense why they couldn t just shoot the protesters. yeah, we ve had reports before that trump asked this but it certainly carries more weight coming from the former secretary of defense. and i think it is important to briefly reinstruct those days in late may and early june of 2020 where after george s death there were protests across the country including some big ones outside of the white house in lafayette park there. and one night, and only one did things get a little bit out of hand and there was a fire at a church nearby and that when trump and his family were put into the safe room, the emergency bunker ....
Let s remember that there were peaceful condemnations, largely, at lafayette square in the days prior to this. now, certainly, there was an act of vandalism at the church, the northern end of the square, st. john s, where there was a fire. that, obviously, no one condones. that was the night that the president and his family were rushed down to the emergency bunker at the white house. something he, of course, found sort of humiliating and humbling and he wanted a strong message to push back. that s how this was hatched. we all came up with this idea for him to walk across the park and then at his daughter s suggestion, ivanka trump, display a bible in front of that damaged church. upside down or just wouldn t work. that was a key part of this, joe. overlooked by many. and, you know, so therefore, they wanted to clear the park so we could have that photo op. now, the protests that day had ....