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The backlash to the June 1 clearing of Lafayette Square kept intensifying on June 2, with federal officials, civil-liberties advocates, and city leaders zeroing in on the use of force and the president’s photo-op. The administration’s explanations were already looking brittle, and the optics of a Bible-holding presidential stroll after tear gas lingered as a symbol of callousness and escalation.
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The backlash to the June 1 clearing of Lafayette Square kept intensifying on June 2, with federal officials, civil-liberties advocates, and city leaders zeroing in on the use of force and the president’s photo-op. The administration’s explanations were already looking brittle, and the optics of a Bible-holding presidential stroll after tear gas lingered as a symbol of callousness and escalation.
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The backlash to the June 1 clearing of Lafayette Square kept intensifying on June 2, with federal officials, civil-liberties advocates, and city leaders zeroing in on the use of force and the president’s photo-op. The administration’s explanations were already looking brittle, and the optics of a Bible-holding presidential stroll after tear gas lingered as a symbol of callousness and escalation.
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