If the Fucktard President of the Fucking United States of America wants to go to church to show off how holy he is, what's wrong with using tear gas and flash grenades on people who are in his way?

June 2, 2020

Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

By Remy Tumin and Hiroko Masuike

Good evening. Here’s the latest.

Erin Schaff/The New York Times

1. Attorney General William Barr personally ordered that peaceful protesters be cleared from a Washington park by using tear gas and flash grenades, above, on Monday.

The decision, made so President Trump could walk to a historic church near the White House and have his picture taken, was executed just before he set out, an official said.

The action drew condemnation from political leaders of both parties and clergy members. Joe Biden, Mr. Trump’s likely challenger in the presidential election, said the nation was “crying out for leadership.”

Retired senior military leaders also spoke out against the strategy of deploying active-duty units onto America’s streets.