Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the alleged use of gas and rubber bullets against protesters near the White House.
The resolution (pdf) would have affirmed the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble and exercise freedom of speech. It also would have condemned Trump “for ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protesters.”
