The "Scenarios" episode (6/5/2020) discussed the path and repercussions of unprecedented protests in America against racism and police violence in several cities, another crisis that adds to the Corona pandemic and its repercussions that raided Trump in a crucial election year.
In the context of political polarization against the background of the killing of George Floyd, the writer and political analyst Philip Rocker said in the Washington Post that four former American presidents are still alive, who took stark contrasts with Donald Trump regarding what the writer called "systemic racism."
Fueling flames
The issue has aroused the ire of political officials and academics in America, as Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said: “At this difficult time, our nation needs real leadership. The president’s continued fueling discord, intolerance, and violence is cowardly and weak which is dangerous.”
As for Democratic Rep. Val Demins, she said that "the unequal death rate among people of color due to the Corona virus, and the death of George Floyd, all speak of the same basic issue: in America, the social situation, power and wealth are affected by race. Until we fix this imbalance, we will never be the country." That our founding fathers promised. "
As for the assistant professor at the University of Texas, Mark McCoy, he said: "George Floyd was arrested and I also allegedly paid us a $ 20 counterfeit banknote. For George Floyd - a man of my age, who has two children - his death sentence was. As for me, it is Just a story I sometimes tell at parties. This, my friends, is a white franchise. "
Law and elections
On the other hand, the Trump defense committee wrote on its Twitter page: "National Americans do not stand or will not participate in these riots. These patriotic Americans will be at the polls next November 3 to re-elect President Donald Trump."
As for Republican Senator Tom Cotton, he said: "The massacre caused by local terrorists and other criminals threatens all law-abiding citizens, including peaceful demonstrators. We must do everything we can within the law to restore peace in the streets. That mission can and should include our forces." ".