DEMS/PROTESTS: “Left-wing rioters are repeating the same false narrative about America that you hear about, the — really, you hear this from people — what they’re saying, how they’re saying it — the violence, it’s terrible. And again, it’s Democrat politicians. I don’t know that they’re spurring it on or they’re afraid to stop it. But in any event, we’re there to help. We’re there to get things under control.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | August 31, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 31, 2020