MSNBC Downplays D.C. Crime Crisis: People Think It’s Bad Because They Believe Trump’s Lies

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BABA: “Donald Trump needs crises. He needs to manufacture crises in order to expand power. You know, as Miles noted with the invocation of the Insurrection Act that would bypass the Posse Comitatus Act and in order to do that he -- you know, lies can only take him so far. He's hoping that with this presence of these troops -- he likes -- you know, the protests this weekend were peaceful and the 'No Kings' protests were peaceful. He's hoping for a George Floyd 2020 like situation in D.C. where he can then use that to manufacture another emergency so he can expand power. Because what we're seeing is that he governs by emergency not by popular mandate.”