The Showdown at Lafayette Square

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains sounds of explosives and descriptions of violence. Today, we go inside a high-stakes White House debate over how President Trump should respond to reports that he was hiding in a bunker while the nation’s capital burned. This is the story of what happened in Lafayette Square. Guest: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Our chief White House correspondent explains why, when the history of the Trump presidency is written, the clash with protesters that preceded President Trump’s walk across Lafayette Square may be remembered as one of its defining moments.“He did not pray,” said Mariann E. Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, said of Mr. Trump’s militarized visit to St. John’s church for a photo opportunity. “He did not mention George Floyd.”

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0:31.2	Now all of a sudden we see the military police getting closer and closer to the demonstrators.
0:45.6	So essentially these police you see right here and they're advancing again.
0:52.2	Now they're...
0:54.0	That's what's going on now.
0:56.4	Now there's just a lot of violence erupting.
0:59.7	Bend back up.
1:00.7	Bend you up!
1:02.7	Bend you up!
1:04.7	Hey, man!
1:07.7	I want a block of streets!
1:18.6	They are trying to block us in like cattle right now.
1:21.8	they are trying to block us in the street, flight cattle.
1:26.4	This is actual people out here fighting for what they know is right.
1:30.0	Peacefully, and the police are just doing whatever they freaking want.
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