(Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

DALLAS (AP) — When President Donald Trump demanded Monday that governors get tougher in cracking down on violence among some demonstrations, he cited Dallas protesters badly beating a man this weekend.

But the president’s comments left out what police suggest sparked the incident to which he seemed to be referring — the man swinging a machete at protesters.

The comments appear to refer to graphic videos of a man being beaten in Dallas Saturday that circulated widely on social media.

Dallas police said that man was alive Sunday and in stable condition at a hospital but that they don’t provide updates on victims’ health unless they die.

Witnesses told investigators the attack began when the man “came to the protest wielding a large knife/machete at several protesters,” according to police Sgt. Warren Mitchell.