Pres. Donald Trump tells governors they 'have to dominate' and crack down on violence

CNBC's Eamon Javers details reports on some of what President Trump has said to state governors. Two Democratic governors fired back at President Donald Trump on Monday, accusing the president of “inflammatory” and “dangerous” rhetoric about protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Illinois Gov. Jay “J.B.” Pritzker directly challenged Trump during a conference call Monday morning with the nation’s governors, in which the president castigated many of them for what he called their “weak” response to the protests that have occurred since Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police. “I’ve been extraordinarily concerned about the rhetoric that’s been used by you,” Pritzker told Trump, according to a transcript of their exchange tweeted by New York Times reporter Katie Rogers. “It’s been inflammatory, and it’s not okay for that officer to choke George Floyd to death,” Pritzker said. Trump during the call had said: “You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks,” “You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,” the president said. Pritzker noted that he had called out the Illinois National Guard and state police to deal with civil disturbances during protests over Floyd’s death. “But the rhetoric that’s coming out of the White House is making it worse,” Pritzker said. “And I need to say that people are feeling real pain out there and we’ve got to have national leadership in calling for calm and making sure that we’re addressing the concerns of legitimate peaceful protestors,” Pritzker said during Monday’s call. “That will help us to bring order.” Trump dismissed Pritzker’s criticism by suggesting that the governor had failed to respond effectively to the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois. “OK, well thank you very much, J.B.,” Trump replied. “I don’t like your rhetoric much either because I watched it with respect to the coronavirus I don’t like your rhetoric much either.” “I think you could’ve done a much better job, frankly,” the president said. “But that’s okay. And you know, we don’t agree with each other.” For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2JdMwO7 » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Subscribe to CNBC Classic: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCclassic Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to live price updates CNBC is the leader in business news worldwide. Connect with CNBC News Online Get the latest news: http://www.cnbc.com/ Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: https://cnb.cx/LinkedInCNBC Follow CNBC News on Facebook: Follow CNBC News on Twitter: https://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC Follow CNBC News on Instagram: https://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC #CNBC #CNBC TV