Trump Threatens To ‘Take Back’ Seattle As CHAZ Occupation Continues, Mayor Says ‘Go Back To Your Bunker!’

President Donald Trump threatened Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) on Wednesday, tweeting: “Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will.”

Seattle protesters, spurred by the death of George Floyd, have set up tents and blocked streets in an occupation known as the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” or “CHAZ.”

Trump tweeted Thursday that the two leader “are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before.”

“Take back your city NOW,” he wrote. “If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stopped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!”

Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stopped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020

According to news reports and firsthand accounts, CHAZ is about a six-block radius cordoned off in which there is art, movie screenings and a “No Cop Co-Op” with free food, vegan pizza and drinks.

I spent over 4 hours at Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone #chaz yesterday. This is what I saw. Opportunity to chill, speak, protest, & mourn the dead. So much food, donated and freely distributed. Businesses supporting the movement. pic.twitter.com/H853xQv5si

— find me as @megsthewanderer at *redacted* (@megsthewanderer) June 11, 2020

One protester told the New York Times that CHAZ residents “are trying to prove through action and practice that we don’t need [the police] and we can fulfill the community’s needs without them.”

Inslee responded to Trump’s tweet, calling him a “man who is totally incapable of governing.”

He later wrote that CHAZ has been “largely peaceful” and threats of military violence against Washingtonians should not be coming from the White House.

What we will not allow are threats of military violence against Washingtonians coming from the White House.

The U.S. military serves to protect Americans, not the fragility of an insecure president.

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) June 11, 2020

Seattle Mayor Durkan weighed in on Twitter as well, telling Trump to “go back to your bunker,” referring to reports that Trump cowered in an underground bunker when the protests in Washington D.C. first began.

Make us all safe. Go back to your bunker. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/H3TXduhlY4

— Jenny Durkan (@MayorJenny) June 11, 2020