Authoritarianism
As U.S. Death Toll Tops 40,000, Trump Calls Top Members Of The FBI ‘Scum’: ‘They’re Human Scum’
President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at the FBI on Sunday, calling “top” members of the federal agency “human scum.”
“You know what they are though, they’re scum. They’re human scum,” Trump angrily lashed out during a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic after he was asked about the news that his former adviser Roger Stone may soon head to prison.
“The top of the FBI were scum. And what they did to General Flynn – was a disgrace,” adding that these “were crooked people, these were bad people.”
POTUS on the FBI: "These are bad people. These are very dangerous people. But you know what they are? They're scum. Human scum." pic.twitter.com/WEiRjx0won
— ᏔმƦჳ (@mooncult) April 20, 2020
Trump’s attack was immediately commended on social media.
Three convicted felons are good people. FBI are scum, human scum. Welcome to Trump world.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 19, 2020
Trump just called people at "the top of the FBI – human scum"
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) April 19, 2020
WATCH: We’re in the middle of a pandemic with 750,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases & 40,000 deaths and @realDonaldTrump cannot help himself from calling the FBI "human scum" for investigating his illegal activity. #TrumpPressConf pic.twitter.com/E0W0oDN1Hu
— American Bridge (@American_Bridge) April 20, 2020
President Trump says the Justice Department lawyers and FBI agents from the Mueller investigation, many of whom still work for the US government, are "crooked … dangerous … very bad … human scum." During his rant, he also praised convicted criminals Manafort, Flynn, Stone.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 19, 2020
The president of the US called the FBI human scum during a pandemic briefing, praised convicted criminals, and still has not delivered the COVID tests he promised weeks ago.
— Craig Engler (@craigengler) April 20, 2020
Trump is defending Flynn, Manafort & Stone, said the cases against them were scams. He stopped short of saying he would pardon them but said we’ll see what he does. He called the FBI Director “human scum.” He celebrated the “investigation of the investigators.” Trump is lawless.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) April 19, 2020
"The top of the FBI was scum … human scum" — Trump is still rubbing his own sores about the Russia investigation pic.twitter.com/324x55lAXF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
