During a campaign rally in Aston, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, Donald Trump dismissed the “narrative of cops as a racist force” and said that those who push that narrative, including Hillary Clinton, contribute to unrest following fatal police shootings.
“Those peddling the narrative of cops as a racist force in our society — and this is a narrative that is supported with a nod by my opponent, you see what she’s saying, and it’s not good — share responsibly and the unrest that is afflicting our country and hurting those who have really the very least,” Trump said, according to the Washington Post.
Trump’s comment followed two nights of violent protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man, though Trump never mentioned Charlotte by name, according to NBC News.
The Republican nominee said that “the problem is not that there are too many police. The problem is that there are not enough police,” according to NBC.
He criticized Clinton and accused her of not caring about those living in poverty in the U.S.
“Hillary Clinton does not have to worry about the sirens and the gunshots. She doesn’t worry about it. She’s sleeping, she’s sleeping,” Trump said, according to the Washington Post. “No, it’s the poor family living in the inner city, it’s the poor mother who feels like a refugee in her own country. Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to hear their voices, so I will be their voice.”
