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Trump says Gov. Cuomo must end NYC crime wave or he will step inhttps://nypost.com/2020/07/20/trump-says-cuomo-must-end-nyc-crime-wave-or-he-will-step-in/
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Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he was particularly upset by reports that Brooklyn woman Shatavia Walls, 33, was shot to death after complaining about illegal fireworks. He said the NYPD is afraid to do anything.
We cant let this happen to the cities. New York was up 348 percent, the crime wave. So the governor has to do something about it. And if the governor is not going to do something about it, well do something about it.
But whats happening in New York, a place I love I love New York. Look at whats going on over there. The woman who was shot because she said, Could you please not light off firecrackers? And they turned around and shot her eight times and she died. Thats not our civilization, thats not about us, the commander-in-chief told reporters.
And then the police are afraid to do anything. I know New York very well, I know the police very well, New Yorks Finest, and the fact is, theyre restricted from doing anything, they cant do anything.
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donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)But never does anything about it. Whatevs.
Voltaire2
(12,995 posts)this is not an idle threat.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)Ohiogal
(31,963 posts)R B Garr
(16,950 posts)Trump seemed to have lost interest in his own Coronavirus press conferences when it became clear he was nowhere near Cuomos competence level, and then California Gov Newsom was holding competent press conferences and Trump turned his back on it all.
unblock
(52,183 posts)It's fascist enough for unmarked camo thugs to kidnap people in unmarked vans for alleged graffiti of Federal statues or buildings, but at least feds have jurisdiction for that.
Donnie has no jurisdiction for either fireworks or shootings not on federal property. There's no federal crime here.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Which he'll do to all cities that refuse his demands. He wants to criminalize being Democrat by manipulation of the laws by Barr.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)I know he is probably lying, but I wonder where he pulled that statistic from. I couldn't find it on any fact check sites.
Leith
(7,808 posts)It must not be upset with de Blasio today.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)He would dirty his diapers once Cuomo struck back at him. He only picks on people he thinks are cupcakes, the Governor is not one.
peggysue2
(10,828 posts)Try to bully Governor Cuomo and his peeps and we'll see what happens.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)2naSalit
(86,515 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Can Andrew Cuomo do us all a favor and just knock the ever-loving shit out of Trump? You know the governor is capable, and you know he wants to.
It would save the country IMHO.