Axios: Former Secretary of Defense Esper in new book says Trump wanted to shoot protesters
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump raised the idea of shooting protesters who took to the streets around the White House after the killing of Georgia Floyd in 2020, according to Axios.
"Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?" Trump asked, according to an excerpt in Esper's book "A Sacred Oath," Axios reported.
A representative for Trump did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.
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