Trump says he brought ‘law and order to Kenosha’ during final Wisconsin stop

KENOSHA -- President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black man.
As he has in past rallies, Trump falsely claimed he sent the National Guard into Kenosha to help quell the violent riots after the shooting of Jacob Blake....

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