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Samuel L Jackson mocks Trump for 'hiding out' in White House bunker as George Floyd protests raged outside

The Secret Service took POTUS to a secret hideout as an emergency reaction after protests near the White House turned violent on Friday night
PUBLISHED JUN 2, 2020
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Samuel L. Jackson has mocked President Donald J. Trump for "hiding" out in a White House bunker during the protests against the death of George Floyd.

The Avengers star appeared to miss the fact that it was the decision of members of the Secret Service to take the POTUS to a secret hideout as an emergency reaction after protests near the White House turned violent Friday night. In the wake of reports about the president's situation, Jackson took to Twitter to poke fun at him. “No way that Muthaf***ah was hiding out in the basement!! He said he was watching the Secret Service Ninjas kick protester a**!” he wrote.

Police work to keep demonstrators back during a protest in Lafayette Square Park on May 30, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

The Hollywood star continued his mockery by referencing tear gas and rubber bullets that were being used on protesters. “He was about to jump down there & hahahahahaha.... he’s a whole pack of busted rubbaz!!! [sic]” Jackson tweeted.

Violent protests have ravaged the United States over the death of George Floyd, a black father of two who died in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer named Derek Chauvin, who was caught on camera kneeling on his neck for over eight minutes. Chauvin was subsequently fired, arrested, and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. The president addressed the tragic death and also the resulting protests in several tweets, using pointed words and phrases such as “STRENGTH!” and “LAW & ORDER” as he urged state leaders to call in the National Guard to stop the demonstrations. “These people are ANARCHISTS,” he wrote.

In response to Trump's tweets, Jackson said the president had just "declared war on the public." “Did we just get Martial Lawed??! So, he just Declared War on The Public??!! It’s not 1807 this is not Rebellion!!, but I think it’s about get all kinds of f***ed up here!! [sic]” he wrote.

This came after several leading names in the music industry slammed the president's vow for military action in the wake of the protests.

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) returns to the White House after posing for photographs in front of St. John's Episcopal Church on June 01, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

John Legend, Ariana Grande, Ice-T and more attacked Trump over his plans to stop ongoing Black Lives Matter protests after he declared himself the "president of law and order" in a speech from the Rose Garden of the White House on June 1, while threatening military response if violence does not cease. 

"The following measures are going into effect immediately," Trump announced. "First we are ending the riots and lawlessness that has spread throughout our country. We will end it now," he said. "Today I have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets." His speech was then directed at city and state officials. "Mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence has been quelled. If a city or state refuses to take the actions to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," the president declared.

The president's speech incited a flood of backlash from celebrities on social media who blasted him for the military threat against the public.

"TRUMP IS TRIPPIN!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE #REVOLTBLACKNEWS @REVOLTTV," wrote Diddy on Twitter. 

Ariana Grande's response was "speechless..." and was followed by a link to vote out "corrupt officials" from a list of states that encourage racism before the primary elections on June 2. "#BunkerBoy Trump had to prove he could walk in broad daylight today so he sicced the police on peaceful protesters so he could stand there and awkwardly hold the Bible. Dear God. We need to end this nightmare of a presidency," said John Legend.

Ice-T responded to Jackson's "Did we just get Martial Lawed??!" tweet, saying it "sounded like that to me…"

Meanwhile, Rage Against the Machine's guitarist Tom Morello responded to the POTUS speech with, "Trump just threatened to deploy active US military on US soil! 2nd Amendment zealots rise up!! The police state you have feared is HERE. Sons Of Liberty WHERE ARE YOU?!" 

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