PRESIDENT TRUMP’S THEORY ABOUT BUFFALO PROTESTOR IS INSANE

…This is Trump’s Press Secretary, Ms. Kayleigh McEnany

Trump’s Press Secretary obviously signed up to advance and sharpen the president’s smears.

Let’s face it, by himself, our President couldn’t have come up with the conspiracy theory underlying the recent Buffalo police attack on Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old Buffalo-area protester.  Did you see the video of Mr. Gugino who was shoved to the ground last week by two Buffalo police officers? The incident took place outside the Buffalo City Hall, and the video captured the encounter.  Gugino wound up laid out on the sidewalk, and a pool of blood was forming around his head.

Assault charges were filed against the two Buffalo police officers, who were suspended over the incident. Then, nearly 60 officers in the so called, "elite Emergency Response Team" quit the unit over the treatment of these two officers.  It must be noted that they did not quit the police department.  They only removed themselves from this particular "elite" response team.

This all sounds pretty straightforward, doesn’t it?  But not for Trump, who gathered some bizarre information about this case from the One America News Network.  That cable network, appears to have grabbed their ideas from the far right questionable blog the, Conservative Treehouse.

Here’s Trump’s tweet that he developed from the conservative blog’s interpretation:

Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment.  I watched, he fell harder than [he] was pushed. Was aiming [his] scanner. Could be a set up?

Okay, this baseless allegation is bad enough, as he also demoralized some of his own aides and allies, who were frustrated if not particularly surprised by Trump’s latest incendiary and unfounded suggestions.

Kelly Zarcone, a New York lawyer who’s representing Gugino, issued this statement: “Martin has always been a PEACEFUL protester because he cares about today’s society. He is also a typical Western New Yorker who loves his family. No one from law enforcement has suggested otherwise so we’re at a loss to understand why the president of the United States would make such a dark, dangerous and untrue accusation against him.”

Gugino is hardly an ANTIFA member.  He is part of the Catholic Worker Movement and a member of the Western New York Peace Center, as well with as part of a Buffalo group that advocates for economic justice and affordable housing.

Hearing the president’s ridiculous allegation is one thing; defending it is another, as White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany demonstrated in her input on Wednesday morning, of course, where else but with the folks on “Fox & Friends.”

Asked about the president’s claim regarding Gugino’s alleged affiliation with Antifa, Ms. McEnany responded with this mouthful of crap:  “So the president was raising questions based on a report that he saw. Other questions that need to be asked in every case, we can’t jump on one side without looking at all the facts at play. This individual had some very questionable tweets, some profanity-laden tweets about police officers. Of course no one condones any sort of violence. “

So, she refers to questionable Tweets?  Let’s take a look at those

As for what troubled Ms. McEnany about the event, there’s a hint in this Buffalo News item.  On June 3, the day before the pushing incident, Gugino had retweeted Emma Gonzalez, one of the survivors of the Parkland school shootings who has herself become an activist. She wrote “Screw the Police.” And Gugino commented on the retweet using those same words.  Yes, this phrase or worse, that has been repeatedly used by the protesters here in Buffalo and across the nation and even the world.

In apparently deploying profanity regarding the police, Gugino had just joined millions upon millions of Americans. 

So what bearing does McEnany believe Gugino's tweets have on his interactions with Buffalo police?  What kind of thought-control conspiracy do we have here? Or does Gugino’s Twitter account seriously make the conspiracy theory real, and also about his alleged ties to Antifa?

The Post has asked McEnany why Gugino’s tweets were so important to this case, and The Post will update this info if they ever get a response, which they seriously doubt.

As of the next day, Gugino remained in the hospital, but he was recuperating. As he recuperates, he faces an American president who thinks nothing of sliming him. But it doesn’t stop there.  He also faces a willing collaborator in Ms. McEnany, someone who signed up to advance and sharpen Trump’s smears..  In other words, she’s just doing her Trump spokesperson’s job.

Copyright G. Ater 2020