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The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Happening now — George Floyd’s funeral and burial | Houston City Hall lit to honor Floyd | Trump shares conspiracy theory about elderly man shoved by police | Dem leaders tamp down calls for defunding the police | Trump: ‘There won’t be defunding’ | Cat hides in book shelf
IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Tuesdays are for conspiracy theories:
President Trump
Donald TrumpHouse votes to condemn Chinese government over Hong Kong Former Vice President Walter Mondale dies at age 93 White House readies for Chauvin verdict MORE shared a conspiracy theory this morning about the 75-year-old protester who was shoved by police in Buffalo, N.Y. https://bit.ly/3dOWnrg
Trump tweeted: “Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?” https://bit.ly/2ziNMhN
Keep in mind: Two Buffalo police officers have been charged with assault.
VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT:
THE OANN REPORT THAT SPARKED PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEET:
Watch: https://bit.ly/37mX2y0
It’s Tuesday. I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook.
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HAPPENING TODAY
George Floyd will be buried today:
George Floyd will be put to rest in Pearland, Texas, today, next to his mother, after today’s private funeral service. https://bit.ly/2BPJD5P
Livestream of Floyd’s funeral: It started at noon: https://cs.pn/2Unrm6c
Watch: https://bit.ly/3hcHcKQ
This video has more than 1 million views so far:
Watch: https://bit.ly/3h4ieNw
LATEST WITH THE PROTESTS
Another officer is charged for shoving a protester:
Via The New York Times’s Ashley Southall, “A New York City police officer surrendered to face criminal charges on Tuesday, over a week after he was recorded on video shoving a woman to the ground and cursing at her during a protest against police brutality, the police commissioner and law enforcement officials said.” https://nyti.ms/2MLkknw
Video of the incident: Yikes. Watch: https://bit.ly/2MGS4SX
‘Defund the police’ — Democratic leaders are trying to shut down those calls:
Via The Hill’s Amie Parnes, Jordain Carney and Cristina Marcos, “Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden
Joe BidenObama, Clinton reflect on Mondale's legacy Biden, Harris commend Mondale in paving the way for female VP Mondale in last message to staff: 'Joe in the White House certainly helps' MORE and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are quickly shutting down calls to defund police departments as the party grapples with how to respond to demands for reforms in the wake of George Floyd's death.” https://bit.ly/2AR5lpt
Why Dem leaders want to shut that idea down: “The idea is splintering black activists and some prominent progressive lawmakers from Biden and top congressional Democrats while providing fodder for national Republicans, who are quickly mobilizing to use it as the latest example of Democrats moving to the left in the lead up to November.”
How this could play out: https://bit.ly/2AR5lpt
WHERE TRUMP STANDS ON THE ISSUE:
During a meeting with law enforcement yesterday, President Trump said: "There won’t be defunding. There won’t be dismantling of our police, and there’s not going to be any disbanding of our police. Our police have been letting us live in peace, and we want to make sure we don’t have any bad actors in there.” Trump also said he believes "99 percent" of officers are "great people." https://bit.ly/3cOxY42
Op-ed: https://bit.ly/2XKaAQU
HAPPENING TOMORROW — LAFAYETTE SQUARE IS REOPENING:
This is the park next to the White House. https://bit.ly/2Us53ME
LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 1,963,828
Deaths in the U.S.: 111,139
Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y
For context: This time last week, 1,812,742 Americans had tested positive for the coronavirus and 105,262 had died. https://bit.ly/2Ycg6uA
Interesting read — ‘Inside the race to map the coronavirus’:
Via The Hill’s Reid Wilson, “Public health and academic laboratories across the country are mapping tens of thousands of genetic sequences of the coronavirus in a first-of-its-kind effort to track the way the virus is spreading and mutating.”
Keep in mind: “It is ... a reflection of a massive leap in medical technology, one that has given laboratories in all 50 states the ability to quickly sequence a genome. As the coronavirus began spreading across the country in February and March, the CDC's Office of Advanced Molecular Detection began coordinating those labs to maximize the amount of data they were generating.”
The full story: https://bit.ly/3cGF22A
WHERE EACH STATE STANDS ON MAIL-IN VOTING:
NOTABLE TWEETS:
Re *clap* tweet:
Hyperlink https://bit.ly/30mryqd
Oh, this is … not easy:
Hyperlink https://bit.ly/2BPOEvc
ON TAP:
The Senate is in. The House is out.
12:30 p.m. EDT: Senators meet for weekly caucus luncheons.
2:15 p.m. EDT: President Trump meets with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Mike PompeoThe Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - All US adults now eligible for COVID vaccines Parade of 2024 GOP hopefuls court House conservatives Pompeo violated ethics rules, State Dept. watchdog finds MORE in the Oval Office.
2:15 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence presides over the confirmation of Gen. Charles Brown for Air Force chief of staff.
2:15 p.m. EDT: A confirmation vote in the Senate. The Senate’s full schedule today: https://bit.ly/2XJ5010
3:30 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence holds a White House coronavirus task force meeting in the Situation Room.
WHAT TO WATCH:
2 p.m. EDT: Senate Republicans hold a news conference. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3hht4jB
2:30 p.m. EDT: Senate Democrats hold a news conference. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3f24ktm
2:30 p.m. EDT: Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia
Eugene ScaliaBiden should keep the new commonsense independent contractor rule Demolition at the Labor Department, too AFL-CIO calls on Trump to resign or be removed from office 'at once' MORE testifies on the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3cOS8L0
Wednesday: The MLB’s 2020 Draft. Details and how to watch: https://atmlb.com/2YjsKYB
NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF...:
Today is National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day.
A happy story:
Via The Washington Post’s Meagan Flynn, “A nurse went to New York to work on the front lines — and to find the firefighter who saved her life over 36 years ago.” https://wapo.st/30p70gJ
And because you made it this far, here’s what actually happens when you leave the dog and cat home alone together: https://bit.ly/3dMI7j3
