“All of a sudden they started forming lines and next thing you know next we started hearing was booms,” protester Willie Smith told The Daily Beast. “TV does it no justice… It’s really bogus—I’m disappointed with way things are going.”
The tear gas had apparently been used to break up protesters near St. John’s Episcopal Church, which had been partially lit on fire Sunday night, so that Trump could take a photo in front of the house of worship after his speech. Trump, standing for several minutes with White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Attorney General Bill Barr, and others, held up a Bible in front of the church as cameras flashed.
The tear gas had apparently been used to break up protesters near St. John’s Episcopal Church, which had been partially lit on fire Sunday night, so that Trump could take a photo in front of the house of worship after his speech. Trump, standing for several minutes with White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Attorney General Bill Barr, and others, held up a Bible in front of the church as cameras flashed.
