Sky News contributor Joe Siracusa says current protests in the United States is reminiscent of the 'Civil Rights movement' and perhaps the 'worst thing' he's seen 'since 9/11'.
Sky News contributor Joe Siracusa says current protests in the United States is reminiscent of the "Civil Rights movement" and perhaps the "worst thing" he's seen "since 9/11".
"We have deaths in custody, we have over 100,000 coronavirus deaths and the president is looking the other way, at China and we don't have any answers to this," Mr Siracusa said. "You'll notice today the White House was temporarily locked down. "It took a riot in Washington to lock down the White House when Lyndon Johnson was there and it took an anti-war protest to lock down the White House when Nixon was there.
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