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With the benefit of time to cool down and whatever perspective that gives me, here is what I like to think I would have said if I were the President of the United States after that ******* ran his car into the crowd -
Today, Heather Heyer was killed while she was exercising her right to peaceably protest, by another American. 19 others were injured by this same man. He ran his car into them all. Before I comment on motives, I need to make something clear. Whoever takes violent action against peaceful protesters in America will be prosecuted at a federal level, and we will have a presence at any events where we can anticipate this problem.
Now, with respect to motive. It is not surprising that a neo-nazi, white power, whatever demonstration would attract counter protesters. I would hope so. These skinheads or whatever are repugnant to our society. I am concerned that the mayor and governor did not call us in to support law and order for this thing, because anyone could see trouble brewing a mile away. We've learned our lesson, and will at this point have to take that choice away from local law enforcement. We will have the National Guard present at every planned event like this, and there will be no firearms allowed, no masks allowed, clear boundaries between the protesting groups, and plenty of capacity to take arrests into custody.
Lets remember that we are all Americans. Also remember that as President, I am sensitized to this particular class of crime, and if you break one of these laws, you will go to directly to a federal prison. You do not want to be on the wrong side of a law that has the attention of the President of the United States.
Today, Heather Heyer was killed while she was exercising her right to peaceably protest, by another American. 19 others were injured by this same man. He ran his car into them all. Before I comment on motives, I need to make something clear. Whoever takes violent action against peaceful protesters in America will be prosecuted at a federal level, and we will have a presence at any events where we can anticipate this problem.
Now, with respect to motive. It is not surprising that a neo-nazi, white power, whatever demonstration would attract counter protesters. I would hope so. These skinheads or whatever are repugnant to our society. I am concerned that the mayor and governor did not call us in to support law and order for this thing, because anyone could see trouble brewing a mile away. We've learned our lesson, and will at this point have to take that choice away from local law enforcement. We will have the National Guard present at every planned event like this, and there will be no firearms allowed, no masks allowed, clear boundaries between the protesting groups, and plenty of capacity to take arrests into custody.
Lets remember that we are all Americans. Also remember that as President, I am sensitized to this particular class of crime, and if you break one of these laws, you will go to directly to a federal prison. You do not want to be on the wrong side of a law that has the attention of the President of the United States.