{"id":556768,"date":"2021-06-08T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556768"},"modified":"2021-06-08T12:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:20:41","slug":"flashback-trump-was-mocked-as-a-coward-for-going-into-white-house-bunker-during-dc-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-trump-was-mocked-as-a-coward-for-going-into-white-house-bunker-during-dc-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Trump Was Mocked As A \u2018Coward\u2019 For Going Into White House Bunker During DC Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-trump-was-mocked-as-a-coward-for-going-into-white-house-bunker-during-dc-riots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As protests and riots against the killing of George Floyd entered their second week in Washington, D.C., at the end of May, the main media story wasn\u2019t focused on the unrest itself, but rather where President Donald Trump was supposedly riding it out.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s critics in the media and among Democrats claimed he spent at least one night in the White House bunker out of fear of the unrest outside. The weekend of the 29-31 saw a drastic escalation in violence, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/more-than-60-secret-service-officers-injured-during-violent-george-floyd-protests-in-washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least 60<\/a> Secret Service officers sustaining injuries. While it is clear Trump spent some amount of time in the White House bunker on May 29, reports differ as to when he arrived, how long he spent inside, and why he went there at all.<\/p>\n<p>Some outlets argued the president \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/may\/31\/trump-flees-to-bunker-as-protests-over-george-floyd-rage-outside-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fled<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-george-floyd-politics-a2326518da6b25b4509bef1ec85f5d7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took shelter<\/a>,\u201d or \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicholasreimann\/2020\/05\/31\/trump-hid-from-protests-in-underground-bunker-report-says\/?sh=24fe23ca5d98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hid<\/a>\u201d in the bunker that evening, as protests and riots raged outside the White House. The language implied he made the decision on his own out of fear of the protests. The reports, citing anonymous administration and law enforcement officials, said Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, all spent just under one hour in the bunker.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement had erected expansive fencing around the White House in preparation for the unrest, boxing in not only the White House but also some of the outside perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic leaders like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Minority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andrewsolender\/2020\/06\/08\/pelosi-and-schumer-urge-trump-to-tear-down-these-walls-around-the-white-house\/?sh=1f9e749f5da9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mocked Trump<\/a>, arguing he had turned the White House into \u201ca place behind which the leader of our Executive Branch cowers in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s critics on Twitter also seized on the narrative that he had chosen to flee to the bunker, prompting \u201c#BunkerBoy\u201d to spread on the social platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.25\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Turning off the lights and hiding in the basement works when you want to ignore Trick or Treaters. It\u2019s not going to work now. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/protests2020?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#protests2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeorgeFloyd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BunkerBoy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BunkerBoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeorgeFloyd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v6ATlkXxak\">https:\/\/t.co\/v6ATlkXxak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Critch (@markcritch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markcritch\/status\/1267457523440852994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.2477876106195\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today when Trump went low, he went into his bunker. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BunkerBoy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BunkerBoy<\/a> is a coward.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ken olin (@kenolin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenolin1\/status\/1267303345502531587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_7160000\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7160000\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7160000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021. - President Trump travels to his Mar-a-Lago golf club residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and will not attend the inauguration for President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN \/ AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781.jpg 2540w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781-620x267-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781-768x331-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781-1536x661-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781-2048x882-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2540px) 100vw, 2540px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7160000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021. \u2013 President Trump travels to his Mar-a-Lago golf club residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and will not attend the inauguration for President-elect Joe Biden. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other outlets took a less aggressive approach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/05\/31\/politics\/trump-underground-bunker-white-house-protests\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stating<\/a> that the Secret Service made the decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/unrest-poses-fresh-test-for-trump-who-has-been-both-sympathetic-and-combative-11591014098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">move<\/a> Trump to the bunker as a precaution due to escalating violence outside. Crowds outside the White House were breaking through barriers until they were stopped by the Secret Service throughout Friday night, leading law enforcement to declare a lockdown for the White House complex. It is during this lockdown that reports say Trump entered the bunker.<\/p>\n<p>The lockdown took place between 7:25 and 8:25 p.m., roughly the same amount of time Trump was said to have spent in the bunker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.443037974684\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The White House is under lockdown orders from the U.S. Secret Service due to protests outside the gates over George Floyd.<br \/>A dozen reporters, myself included, still inside the West Wing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterAlexander\/status\/1266510982093955073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.4453781512605\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">White House lockdown lifted. Heading out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7lO32ZOxx9\">pic.twitter.com\/7lO32ZOxx9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterAlexander\/status\/1266526429329731585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A \u201cperson with firsthand knowledge\u201d reportedly told The New York Times that \u201cSecret Service agents nervous for [Trump\u2019s] safety abruptly rushed him to a bunker used in the past during terrorist attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Trump acknowledged entering the bunker days later, he argued it was under totally different circumstances. He claimed instead that he had chosen to visit the bunker briefly for an \u201cinspection\u201d during the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a false report. I wasn\u2019t down. I went down during the day, and I was there for a tiny, little, short period of time,\u201d Trump told Fox News Radio\u2019s Brian Kilmeade later that week. \u201cAnd it was much more for an inspection. There was no problem during the day,\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/03\/trump-white-house-bunker-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Claims He Went To White House Bunker During Protests For \u2018Inspection\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said it would be a good time to go down and take a look because maybe sometime you\u2019re going to need it,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cI looked at it. It was during the day. It was not a problem \u2026 There was never a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News reports continued to highlight the contradiction between Trump and the unnamed sources who said Trump\u2019s security detail had rushed he and his family into the bunker Friday evening. It has already been confirmed that the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/29\/george-floyd-protests-washington-dc-white-house-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entered a general lockdown<\/a> that night due to escalating violence outside the perimeter fences.<\/p>\n<p>Things remained up in the air until Attorney General Bill Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/08\/politics\/bill-barr-donald-trump-white-house-bunker\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> that the Secret Service had \u201crecommended\u201d Trump enter the bunker on May 29. He did not technically confirm Trump had actually entered the bunker, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings were so bad that the Secret Service recommended that the President go down to the bunker,\u201d Barr told Fox News on Jun 8. \u201cWe can\u2019t have that in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr went on to add that the incident led law enforcement to expand the security perimeter around the White House as the unrest continued.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Trump ordered a show-of-force trip to the nearby St. John\u2019s Church \u2014 roughly a block from the White House. The path <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/02\/lafayette-park-tear-gas-police-trump-st-johns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">went straight through protesters<\/a>, and controversy surrounding how law enforcement went about removing the demonstrators soon overshadowed the bunker debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As protests and riots against the killing of George Floyd entered their second week in Washington, D.C., at the end of May, the main media story wasn\u2019t focused on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279604,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FLASHBACK: Trump Was Mocked As A \u2018Coward\u2019 For Going Into White House Bunker During DC Riots","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230688479-scaled-e1617212160781.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FLASHBACK: Trump Was Mocked As A \u2018Coward\u2019 For Going Into White House Bunker During DC Riots","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}