By Matthew Vadum -- Front Page Mag——Bio and Archives--June 3, 2020
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LIVE: President @realDonaldTrump delivers remarks https://t.co/ELc2p01GZX
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“Small-business owners have seen their dreams utterly destroyed. New York’s Finest have been hit in the face with bricks. Brave nurses, who have battled the virus, are afraid to leave their homes. A police precinct station has been overrun. Here in the nation’s capital, the Lincoln Memorial and the World War Two Memorial have been vandalized. One of our most historic churches was set ablaze. A federal officer in California, an African American enforcement hero, was shot and killed. “These are not acts of peaceful protest. These are acts of domestic terror. The destruction of innocent life and the spilling of innocent blood is an offense to humanity and a crime against God.”Trump pointed to the weak governors and local officials who have refused to insist on law and order in their communities.
“A number of state and local governments have failed to take necessary action to safeguard their residence. Innocent people have been savagely beaten, like the young man in Dallas, Texas, who was left dying on the street, or the woman in Upstate New York viciously attacked by dangerous thugs.”
“I am taking immediate presidential action to stop the violence and restore security and safety in America. I am mobilizing all available federal resources — civilian and military — to stop the rioting and looting, to end the destruction and arson, and to protect the rights of law-abiding Americans, including your Second Amendment rights.”The “riots and lawlessness” must end now, he said. Every governor has been urged “to deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers … [to] dominate the streets. Mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence has been quelled.” If a state or city “refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.” Trump also said he was “taking swift and decisive action to protect our great capital, Washington, D.C. … As we speak, I am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel, and law enforcement officers to stop the rioting, looting, vandalism, assaults, and the wanton destruction of property.”
“I want the organizers of this terror to be on notice that you will face severe criminal penalties and lengthy sentences in jail,” he said. “This includes Antifa and others who are leading instigators of this violence.”After the speech, Trump crossed the street to St. John’s Church, which rioters had set on fire. He posed in front of the 204-year-old church holding a bible after an angry mob was dispersed by the authorities. It was a courageous act intended to show the nation that its chief executive intends to restore law and order throughout the land. But leftists and NeverTrumpers moaned and whined. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, a leftist Democrat who has endorsed Joe Biden for president, complained that the leader of the free world took a stroll without seeking her permission. “I imposed a curfew at 7pm. A full 25 minutes before the curfew & w/o provocation, federal police used munitions on peaceful protestors in front of the White House, an act that will make the job of @DCPoliceDept officers more difficult. Shameful!” she tweeted. Leftist politicians like Bowser want to keep the chaos going. As long as they maintain their death-grip on power, it doesn’t matter if their constituents suffer.
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