'Though few leaders have criticized Trump by name in the wake of the unrest, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said last week that "we are all very concerned about the authoritarian debate and those authoritarian ways that we are seeing as a response to some demonstrations." ' 'Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has "drifted away" from the Constitution, adding to a growing list of former top military officials who have strongly criticized the President's response to the nationwide protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd.
"We have a Constitution. And we have to follow that Constitution. And the President has drifted away from it," Powell, a retired general who served under President George W. Bush, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
The comments from Powell, the first African American secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, add to a growing list of rebukes made in recent days by former top officials who have expressed discontent with Trump's strongman approach to the protests sparked by the death of Floyd, a black man who was killed in late May by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
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The former secretary of state and son of immigrants became emotional as he told Tapper that America's allies, as well as some of its adversaries, are looking at how the nation is caring for its citizens and not understanding what they are witnessing.
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Though few leaders have criticized Trump by name in the wake of the unrest, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said last week that "we are all very concerned about the authoritarian debate and those authoritarian ways that we are seeing as a response to some demonstrations." '
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Colin Powell: Trump has 'drifted away' from the Constitution, June 7, 2020
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