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Bender had quoted Trump as saying “shoot them in the leg -- or maybe the foot... but be hard on them!” theSun thesundaily Trump protesters MarkEsper

vented fury at protesters outside the White House in 2020, saying “Can’t you just shoot them?” according to then defense secretary Mark Esper in book excerpts released Monday.

The protests, which were marked by violence as protesters clashed with security forces, were part of a nationwide wave of demonstrations in the wake of the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Bender had quoted Trump as saying “shoot them in the leg -- or maybe the foot... but be hard on them!”

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