Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) told Politico that protesters in Lafayette Square should not have been cleared with tear gas and rubber bullets to accommodate President Trump’s visit to a historic church, a rebuke of the president by the only black Republican in the Senate.
GOP Senator Says Trump Shouldn’t Clear Protesters
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