Tonight's The Night

Some context: they were issued to the members of the 82nd deploying to Washington, D.C. - they were told to pack them in their backpacks. Members I spoke said bayonets are always on their packing list but given the context of the protests, it could be perceived in a bad light. https://t.co/h343ojJAjh

— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) June 2, 2020

Is this it?  Armed soldiers with bayonets against....children?  Ordinary Americans?  Will the Trump campaign say they weren't actually soldiers?  Or didn't actually have bayonets?

Forty minutes after curfew, it’s peaceful from where I’m standing in front of White House. People are waiting to see what officers to enforce curfew. “It’s going down,” a young man said. pic.twitter.com/fDAPcBz1g7

— Perry Stein (@PerryStein) June 2, 2020

Alec, a 32 year old protester who spent two deployments in Afghanistan, said he had seen things over the past two days that he never expected to see in his own country. https://t.co/NW48aLOGYA pic.twitter.com/MeGygM6Zbu

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) June 2, 2020

And how many GOP Senators will be 'late for lunch' or decline to comment on someone else's behavior?

"Twice as many independent voters said they disapproved of Trump’s response to the unrest. Even among Republicans, only 67% said they approved of the way he had responded, significantly lower than the 82% who liked his overall job performance." https://t.co/Cz8nikeDCk

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 2, 2020

How long, O Lord, how long?

An hour and 20 minutes after curfew, this is the scene at the White House, where hundreds remain. Striking how different it is than at the same time yesterday pic.twitter.com/26s0hUIV2y

— Rachel Chason (@Rachel_Chason) June 3, 2020