DC, Atlanta Mayors Criticize Trump for Comments

The mayors of Washington D.C. and Atlanta say President Donald Trump should start showing leadership on race relations following the death of George Floyd – or consider not saying anything at all.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser chided Trump for tweets over the weekend in which he said the Secret Service was ready to send "vicious dogs" on protesters outside the White House. She says government and communities need to acknowledge the hurt and anger people are feeling, not "hearken to the segregationist part of our country."

Floyd, a black man, died last week after an arresting officer in Minneapolis pushed his knee into his neck while he was on the ground handcuffed.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says Trump needs to show a "genuine care and concern for our communities."

Pointing to his past comments following deadly white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Bottoms says Trump is again making the situation worse by threatening military action to quell protests.

She says: "He should just sometimes stop talking."

Bowser and Bottoms appeared on NBC, and Bottoms also spoke on CBS.