Trump to meet with police in Dallas today
President plans to announce his administration’s plan for recovery
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Dallas today to meet with police, faith leaders and small business owners ahead of a political fundraiser.
The White House said Wednesday that the president plans to discuss “solutions to historic economic, health, and justice disparities in American communities.” The president plans to announce his administration’s plan for “holistic revitalization and recovery” and take part in a roundtable discussion at a Dallas church, which the White House has not yet identified.
The president’s visit, first reported by the Dallas Morning News, is ahead of Trump’s first in-person campaign event since the beginning of the corornavirus outbreak. The Morning News reported the fundraising dinner is expected to bring in $10 million.
The trip comes as more than a week of sustained protests across the country have pressured lawmakers in Washington to consider police reform legislation. George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd on Wednesday told a congressional panel considering sweeping police reform legislation that “it is on you to make sure his death is not in vain.”
The Trump administration is considering issuing an executive order aimed at reducing police violence, which could come in the next few days, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.
“The president has spent the last 10 days quietly and diligently working on proposals to address the issues the protesters raised across the country,” she said. “That body of work, I’m told, is reaching its final edits and we hope to produce it for you in the coming days.”
She said that reforms to qualified immunity included in the Democratic proposal, which would make police more vulnerable to civil suits, are a “nonstarter.”