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CNN’s Chris Cillizza Says Trump’s ‘Riots’ References Show Desperation. There’s A Burning Building In His Tweet.

Eric Quintanar
CNN’s Chris Cillizza Says Trump’s ‘Riots’ References Show Desperation. There’s A Burning Building In His Tweet.
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CNN Editor-At-Large Chris Cillizza, who writes a regular analysis column called “The Point,” wrote Sunday evening that President Donald Trump’s decision to frequently refer to the unrest across the United States as “riots” rather than “protests” show a candidate in political desperation.

“Trump’s efforts to label what is happening in major cities as ‘riots’ speaks at least somewhat to his desperation, politically speaking, at the moment,” writes Cillizza.

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