Trump Defends Supporters Involve in Deadly Street Clashes

By Madelaine D. First Posted: Sep 01, 2020 05:58 AM EDT

President Donald Trump has defended his supporters involved in recent deadly clashes with the social justice protesters.

Trump suggested that the teen accused of killing two protesters in Wisconsin last week and his fans involved in clashes in Oregon on Saturday had acted in self-defense.

According to BBC News, Trump pointed out that his opponent, Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, has not renounced far-left activists accused of the civil disorder.

Trump Defends Supporters Involve in Recent Deadly Street Clashes

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President Trump Holds Campaign Rally In New Hampshire LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - AUGUST 28: President Donald Trump speaks at an airport hanger at a rally a day after he formally accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention on August 28, 2020 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Addressing hundreds of supporters, many wearing face masks, Trump made his case for his re-election against his opponent Joe Biden. Trump spoke at at Pro Star Aviation.

During the White House news conference on Monday, the President blamed Biden and his Democratic allies for the violence in the cities run by Democratic governors and mayors.

A CNN reporter asked Trump whether he would condemn his supporters who fired paint pellets during the confrontation with counter-protesters on the weekend in Oregon.

As a result of the street clashes, a member of a right-wing group was killed by a suspect reportedly described as a member of Antifa, a loosely-affiliated network of far-left activists.

The man shot dead was Aaron Danielson, according to the Monday report of the police. There was no reported arrest made until today.

"Well, I understand they had large numbers of supporters, but that was a peaceful protest," Trump told the CNN reporter. The Republican President claimed that the paint is a defensive mechanism and not bullets.

Another reporter asked Trump if he would condemn the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, wherein a teenager was pictured at one of the President's rallies.

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Activists Protests Donald Trump's Visit To Wisconsin On First Day Of DNC OSHKOSH, WI - AUGUST 17: Donald Trump protesters and supporters interact on August 17, 2020 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Trump brought his campaign to Wisconsin, on the same day as Democrats held their virtual National Convention in Milwaukee.

Kyle Rittenhouse was the teenager accused of shooting three protesters, two was dead, last week during the demonstrations in Kenosha over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

In Trump's first public comments on the shooter, he said: "We're looking at all of that. It was an interesting situation, you saw the same tape as I saw, and he was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like. And he fell, and then they very violently attacked him."

The President assumed that Rittenhouse was in big trouble, and "he probably would have been killed." As per the Washington Post, Trump amplified his call for federal forces to help get better off protests in American cities.

Trump denounced local Democratic leaders and other partisan tensions after a deadly clash between social justice protesters and his supporters in Portland, Oregon, emphasizing the threat of the increasing incidents of politically motivated violence.

During a "Trump cruise rally" caravan in Portland, there were scenes that Trump's supporters are firing paint and pellet guns at protesters.

The downtown Portland was said to be a liberal place that has been the street demonstrations site for weeks.

America's summer turmoil has started a new phase in which Trump backers are rallying to fight back against other groups that Trump labeled as "anarchists" and "terrorists." Besides, Trump's supporters are defending businesses.