Trump suggests healing racial divide will be quick and easy; Sources: Trump resists adapting his tone despite push from aides; Infectious disease expert: “COVID’s not taking a summer vacation”; Protests, coronavirus, economy: Voting issues in battleground Arizona; What Pompeo knew when he had Trump fire govt. watchdog;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 12 June 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Trump: Chokeholds may be necessary in one-on-one situations; Trump: Rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth will be a “celebration”; Trump to appear at socially distanced West Point commencement; GOP Senator Scott talks Trump, race & push for police reform; Trump refuses to rename bases honoring confederate flags; “Pandemic is not over”: CDC officials emphasize social distancing; Oregon, Utah to pause reopening after COVID spike in cases; Florida sees largest one-day increase in COVID cases as Gov. Desantis plans to reopen schools this fall; Experts worried Trump will speed vaccine for political purposes; AZ Republican says she’ll support Biden who is a “decent, kind, sane man”; Trump: Tulsa rally scheduled on Juneteenth not on purpose, “think about it as a celebration”; 1921 Tulsa Massacre now reflection point ahead of Trump rally; Black-owned newspaper publisher welcomes spotlight on Tulsa with Trump’s upcoming rally;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin today with the politics lead as Americans |
| 0:07.3 | confront and in some cases try to correct this nation's past and current racial injustices. |
| 0:13.0 | A number of President Trump's advisors are encouraging him to change his tone to meet the moment and improve his political standing. |
| 0:20.0 | CNN has learned. |
| 0:22.0 | But President Trump remains convinced. |
| 0:24.7 | sources say that the culture wars he is continually stoked, whether defending army bases |
| 0:29.5 | named for Confederate generals or NFL players protesting police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem |
| 0:36.8 | making them enemies are a winning political strategy for him, sources say. |
| 0:41.7 | Astoundingly in the last few hours, when a fox anchor noted to the president that his |
| 0:46.8 | first comes the looting, then comes the shooting language, originated from a racist Miami police chief in the 1960s the president said |
| 0:55.3 | he had actually taken it from former Philadelphia police commissioner and mayor |
| 0:59.7 | Frank Rizzo. Rizzo, we should note, is an altogether different racist, one who once |
| 1:06.6 | ran on a campaign slogan, Vote White. |
| 1:10.4 | This afternoon, more policy changes that seem a direct result of the protests following the police killing of George Floyd |
| 1:16.7 | New York governor Andrew Cuomo today signing into law a package of 10 policing reform bills and in a moment we're going to talk with |
| 1:24.2 | Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina he is leading the effort for |
| 1:28.4 | policing reform for Senate Republicans but first as CNN's Caitlin Collins reports for us now, President Trump is digging |
| 1:35.3 | in his heels on how he is handling the current unrest, even after Fox anchor Harris |
| 1:40.5 | Faulkner politely confronted him on some of the divisive language he has used. |
| 1:45.0 | Black Lives Matter. |
| 1:47.0 | As public opinion shifts and calls for police reform grow, |
| 1:50.0 | President Trump has remained an outlier in the national conversation |
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