PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRES A WARNING SHOT
President Trump on Sunday both praised his base and warned his opponents.
He said that they "better just take it easy."
That threat came in the wake of being asked about people in his administration being publicly
harassed.
He dismissed some of the encounters as being done just for "publicity."
"I hate to say it.
Some of them do it for publicity," he said on "Sunday Morning Futures" on Fox News.
But then he noted: "You know, there's probably never been a base in the history
of politics in this country like my base.
I hope the other side realizes that they better just take it easy."
This tough talk comes after several in his administration and even supporters have experienced
public harassment.
Democratic Representative Maxine Waters has encouraged people to assail Trump staff when
they see them.
This rhetoric has intensified since Trump announced his "zero tolerance" immigration
policy that has resulted in migrant children being separated from their families.
The president signed an executive order that reunites families and children but the details
on how the administration will actually get more 2,000 kids back with their families are
still being worked out.
Trump defended his actions saying that Democrats are hypocritical on issues of tolerance while
Democrats lashed out at the president saying he uses mean nicknames and riles up his supporters
at rallies.
Two weeks ago, protesters from Democratic Socialists of America forced Homeland Security
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to leave a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., complaining
loudly about the White House's immigration policies.
And protesters harassed Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a key Trump supporter, outside
a film screening last month.
The movie was "Won't You Be My Neighbor," a documentary about the mild-mannered children's
TV pioneer Fred Rogers.
Last month, the owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va., asked White House press
secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave because she worked for the president.
Sanders tweeted about the incident from her official White House account.
And last week 20 protestors marched around the CityCenterDC apartment building of White
House adviser Stephen Miller.
They handed out "Wanted" fliers.
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has encouraged the public to keep going after the Trump administration
and supporters.
Some Democrats have denounce her call.
Waters warned would-be assassins on Saturday that if they intend to target her, they "better
shoot straight."
She made this comment while delivering an address at an immigration rally held in Los
Angeles.
Waters told an enthusiastic crowd that despite all the abuse she's seen over the past several
weeks, she will not be deterred in opposing Trump.
"I know that there are those who are talking about censuring me, talking about kicking
me out of Congress, talking about shooting me, talking about hanging me," Waters said
during the rally.
"All I have to say is this, if you shoot me you better shoot straight, there's nothing
like a wounded animal," she added to cheers from the crowd.
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