Bad Police Compared To Golfers Who "Choke."
LEMON: So, take this. If you're going to talk about police brutality in this country and how it's cost the lives of black people, you might want to avoid using the word choke over and over, unless you're President Trump. Repeatedly over the last couple of days excusing police violence by saying it's just examples of officers who sometimes choke. This was today.</s>TRUMP: They have a quarter of a second, a quarter of a second to make a decision. And if they make a wrong decision one way or the other, they're either dead or they're in big trouble. And people have to understand that. They choke sometimes, and it's a very tough situation, right?</s>LEMON: So, for President Trump, an officer choking by hurting or killing someone is just like a game of golf.</s>TRUMP: They can do 10,000 great acts, which is what they do, and one bad apple or a choker, you know, a choker, they choke.</s>INGRAHAM: You mean they --</s>TRUMP: Shooting the guy -- shooting the guy in the back many times. I mean, couldn't you have done something different. Couldn't you have wrestled him? You know? I mean, in the meantime, he might have been going for a weapon, and you know, there's a whole big thing there. But they choke just like in a golf tournament. They miss a three-foot --</s>INGRAHAM: You're not comparing it to golf, because of course that's what the media would say --</s>TRUMP: No, I'm saying people choke.</s>INGRAHAM: People might -- people can --</s>TRUMP: People choke. And people are bad people. You have both. You have some bad people and you have -- they choke.</s>LEMON: She tried to save him, but, you know, can't tell him anything. It's a line he has been saying for days.</s>TRUMP: Well, the problem is that if you have one bad policeman or if you have a policeman that frankly chokes, they make a mistake, they choke. I mean, people can make a mistake. That doesn't make them bad. They choke. Bad things happen, and it can happen. When somebody makes a mistake, he chokes. Or in some cases, you have bad cops. We have to take care of that. In other cases, they choke. They are under -- they have a quarter of a second, a quarter of a second to make a decision, and sometimes they make the wrong decision.</s>LEMON: Yes. When the president says an officer choked, he shows a complete lack of empathy for victims of police violence. Some victims like Eric Garner, George Floyd had the life choked out of them. He has said it several times now. It's deliberate. His game is to divide on race and he shows a lot more interest on his golf game than he does on solving this deadly issue. We're back right after this.