It's Brian Lehrer, and this is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Tuesday, June 2nd.

One tweet that caught my eye this morning is from Samantha B, comedian, but serious person, as you know, she tweeted,

instead of arresting 4,400 people, you could have just arrested four cops.

Another one from Robin DiAngelo, author of the book, White Fugility. If white people had as much

emotional upset and reaction to racial injustice to the taking of black lives,

as we do to the taking of white property, you would not see looting or rioting,

tweets Robin DeAngelo. One from former Congresswoman Katie Hill. The same people who freaked out

about having to wear masks are totally fine with curfews and martial law.

Of course, there are others saying the opposite.

Why so concerned about masks last week, but not this, and social distancing.

And this from Twitter, Kevin O.C. Donald Trump really just had the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets

had peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C. to clear the streets for a photo op at a church he doesn't attend

with a book he's never read that teaches lessons he doesn't preach. Unbelievable, tweets Kevin O.C.

Now that tweet was referring to the president giving a speech

that was not about the death of George Floyd, did not mention police violence or racism

as issues, or the grief and anger and frankly exhaustion that especially black and brown

Americans have been feeling, but others too.

He didn't mention the concentration of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Amad Orbury altogether.

At the same time as black and brown people have been dying of COVID-19 at higher rates than other Americans,

he cast people as on sides.

What he did say was this.

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