The president thanked the Secret Service for their handling of the protesters at the White House Friday evening.
In a Twitter thread on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump thanked the Secret Service for their handling of the protesters at the White House on Friday night, while also criticizing Washington D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
According to CNN, protesters gathered at the White House, angered over the death of George Floyd. Protesters pushed against riot shields and moved barriers, while chanting. Secret Service used pepper spray on protesters on at least one occasion. Protests in D. C. began around 7 p.m. and moved to the White House around 10 p.m. CNN reported that they had mostly ended around 3:30 a.m.
The president thanked the Secret Service for the work they did: “They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe.”
Trump also explained when protesters “got too frisky or out of line, [the Secret Service] would quickly come down on them, hard – didn’t know what hit them.
