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'They’d have machine guns out for them’: Trump says no chance of CHAZ if right-wing crowd, not 'anarchists' seized Seattle ‘They’d have machine guns out for them’: Trump says CHAZ would have no chance if rightwing instead of anarchists occupying Seattle
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US President Donald Trump has argued that if “people slightly to the right” attempted to occupy a portion of a city - just like protesters against police brutality did in Seattle - they would have been dealt with swiftly. US President Donald Trump said if “people slightly to the right” attempted to occupy a portion of a city – like those protesting police brutality did in Seattle – they would have been dealt with swiftly.
"Could you imagine if people just even slightly to the right tried to take over Seattle, they'd have machine guns out to get them,” Trump said as he was speaking at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday evening. "Could you imagine if people just even slightly to the right tried to take over Seattle, they'd have machine guns out to get them,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday evening.
Trump was referring to the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) run by activists in downtown Seattle. The ‘cop-free’ zone, fenced off by barricades, was carved out by a loose collective of Black Lives Matter protesters, socialists and anarchists around a police precinct headquarters in early June. Trump was referring to the ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ (CHAZ) run by activists in downtown Seattle. The ‘cop-free’ zone, fenced off by barricades, was carved out by a loose collective of Black Lives Matter protesters, socialists, and anarchists around a police precinct headquarters in early June.
While attempts to build similar zones were thwarted in Portland, Oregon and Asheville, North Carolina, local authorities in Seattle allowed the activists to run the secessionist enclave unimpeded, with Seattle's Mayor Jenny Durkan effectively giving her blessing to the activists, describing the outlet as a “summer of love.” While attempts to build similar zones were thwarted in Portland, Oregon and Asheville, North Carolina, local authorities in Seattle allowed the activists to run the enclave unimpeded, with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan effectively giving her blessing to them, describing it as a “summer of love.”
Despite mounting concerns that the CHAZ’s leadership is failing to reign in crime that has been reported to run rampant during the night, the city authorities have been reluctant to take any decisive action against the encampment - even after a shooting left one dead and another with life-threatening injuries at the main entrance to the zone on Saturday morning. Despite mounting concerns that CHAZ’s leadership is failing to reign in crime, which has reportedly been rampant during the night, the local authorities have been reluctant to take any decisive action against the encampment – even after a shooting left one dead and another with life-threatening injuries at the main entrance to the zone on Saturday morning.
Trump said that he stands ready to assist Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, who he described as "radical left," in quashing the unrest Trump said that he stands ready to assist Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who he described as “radical left,” to quash the unrest. 
Taking a swipe at the calls to defund police, which have become a rallying cry of Black Lives Matter protesters across the country, Trump argued that those who support such an idea have lost their mind. Taking a swipe at calls to defund police, which have become a rallying cry of Black Lives Matter protesters across the country, Trump noted that those who support the idea have lost their minds.
“In Minneapolis the council has already passed it. In Seattle you see what’s going on there it’s even worse...these people are stone cold crazy,” he said, before adding that such things would not happen on his watch (at least on a federal level). “In Minneapolis the council has already passed it. In Seattle you see what’s going on there it’s even worse... these people are stone cold crazy,” he said, adding that these types of things would not happen on his watch (at least on the federal level).
“You’re so lucky I’m President,” he added. “You’re so lucky I’m president,” he added.
The rally in Tulsa is the first campaign rally held by the US leader after an extended three-month break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event in Tulsa was the first campaign rally held by Trump after a three-month break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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