Pick a fight with someone who's not your own age, Don!
President Donald Trump took an unlikely pot shot Tuesday at the 75-year-old Buffalo anti-racism protester who was shoved to the ground by police in a viral video that led to criminal charges against the cops.
Trump, who is only two years younger than Martin Gugino, suggested the injured elderly demonstrator could be a member of the radical antifa group and provoked the caught-on-tape confrontation.
"He fell harder than was pushed," Trump wrote on Twitter without offering any evidence of his claims. "Could be a set up?"
Gugino was left bloody and dazed by the confrontation last Thursday. He remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Two Buffalo police officers are facing assault charges for knocking him to the pavement.
Trump launched the improbable cheap shot at Gugino Tuesday after apparently watching a story about him on the far right-wing One America News Network.
Gugino belongs to a peace organization in Buffalo and there is no evidence that he has any ties to antifa, the loose-knit group that takes credit for confronting white nationalists.
He was protesting the killing of George Floyd in Niagara Square in Buffalo when a group of baton-wielding cops decided to clear the area. Two officers knocked Gugino to the ground.
Dozens of fellow Buffalo police officers say they will quit the tactical unit involved in the incident after their two colleagues were charged with assault.
Trump and his Republican allies have sought to justify harsh police tactics by tying peaceful protesters to leftist groups like antifa, which they brand as domestic terrorists.
