AdvertisementDonald Trump has demanded ten year prison sentences for protesters who tried to pull down a statue of former president Andrew Jackson near the White House on Monday night. Police in Washington, DC, used pepper spray to arrest protesters who were trying to tear down the statue while building a so-called ‘Black House Autonomous Zone’ near the White House. Since coming to office in January 2017, Trump aides have sought to draw comparisons between the bareknuckle Democratic president, Jackson, and Trump. The portrait of former President Andrew Jackson has also stared out from the face of the $20 since 1928. AdvertisementMeanwhile, the United States Secret Service ordered members of the White House press corps to leave the grounds of the White House immediately, CNN reported.

Source: Daily Mail June 23, 2020 00:57 UTC