On Thursday morning, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer attempted to get Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson (R) to denounce both the Trump administration’s stance on left-wing rhetoric and the Democratic Party. Blitzer pestered Johnson three times on the matter, while the Mayor did his best to stay out of the devious snare.
The Situation Room host first tried to get Johnson to bash President Trump (while also denying the existence of a clear motive):
BLITZER: Kash Patel, the FBI Director, released a picture of a bullet recovered from the scene inscribed with the words "ANTI-ICE." But investigators are still probing what the motive was for this attack. So why do you think President Trump already is blaming what he calls, “Radical Left Democrats?” Do you think he should stop doing that?
JOHNSON: I can't speak for the President […] But increasing numbers of young people today in this country – and I think it's being stoked in a lot of ways by some of this rhetoric around law enforcement and ICE being the enemy, ICE being the Gestapo, ICE being a criminal organization of some sort. That's creating a real problem. And I think we have to really face this head on. And I think the President is sensitive to that.
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