ADADTo hear the White House tell it, this narrative is wrong. The tear gasHis effort to reiterate the debunked claim that no tear gas was used yielded the most ridiculous sequence in the discussion. The White House pool reporter, traveling across the square soon afterward with the president, reported that she and others were still affected by the lingering irritant. Tear gas isn’t a gas, it’s a fine particulate or mist (as the CDC describes). Barr knows very well that the belief Trump cleared the square using tear gas for a photo op is politically problematic.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2020 11:01 UTC