Eric Trump called Black Lives Matter protesters 'animals' and blamed them for burning down churches in a speech at Donald Trump's Tulsa rally

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• Eric Trump, at the presidential campaign rally on Saturday, described protesters involved in anti-racism demonstrations as "animals." 
• "We're going to keep the moral fabric of this country," he told supporters. "Because when you watch the nonsense on TV, when you see these animals literally taking over our cities, burning down churches, this isn't America. That's not what Americans do."
• Critics denounced the remarks as racist.
• The president has repeatedly sought to blame the protests on far-left agitators, and in a tweet, quoted a 1960s police chief whose racist policies started riots in Miami. 
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Eric Trump described protesters involved in anti-racism demonstrations as "animals" in remarks before his father, President Donald Trump's, appearance at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. 

"We're going to keep the moral fabric of this country," he told supporters. "Because when you watch the nonsense on TV, when you see these animals literally taking over our cities, burning down churches, this isn't America. That's not what Americans do."

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