President Donald Trump attempted to defend his use of the incendiary phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” which he used last month as a threat to those protesting the police killing of George Floyd. “I’ve heard it many times.”The expression Rizzo is best known for, however, came from a 1978 campaign event. “I’m asking white people and Blacks who think like me to vote like Frank Rizzo,” he said. “I say vote white.”Trump also claimed that he didn’t mean looters would be shot, only that looting leads to shooting. That’s really just a fact because that’s what happens,” he said.

Source: Huffington Post June 12, 2020 03:33 UTC