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BRIAN: RIOTS ERUPT NOT GUILTY
NATION’S CAPITAL OVERNIGHT.
PROTESTERS BREAKING CURFEW AND
CLASHING.
60 SECRET SERVICE AGENTS HAVE
BEEN INJURED.
AINSLEY: THIS WAS
STEVE: THIS WAS THE SCENE IN
LAFAYETTE PARK.
LIGHTING FIRES AND THROWING
BOTTLES STEPS FROM THE FLIGHT
HOUSE.
AINSLEY: FLAMES BREAKING OUT IN
THE ST. JOHN’S CHURCH BUILT IN
1815.
AND EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE JAMES
MADISON HAS ATTENDED AT LEAST
ONE SERVICE THERE THE CAPITAL’S
MOST BELOVED TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
HIT BY VANDALS.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL NOW COVERED
WITH SPRAY PAINT.
BRIAN: MAKES NO SENSE.
HIT THE AFL, CIO BUILDING AND
TEACHER’S UNION BUILDING.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.
LET’S BRING IN NEWT GINGRICH.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTEDDER, FORMER
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND AUTHOR
OF THE UPCOMING BOOK "TRUMP AND
THE AMERICAN FUTURE."
>> HOW ARE YOU?
BRIAN: 41 STATES AND COUNTLESS
CITIES, I CANNOT SEE A SCENARIO
WHERE THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT
SPEAK IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS
TONIGHT.
CAN YOU?
>> WELL, I THINK HE SHOULD.
I THINK ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, HE
SHOULD INDICATE THAT WE SUPPORT
THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL PROTEST
AND HE SHOULD INDICATE HE IS
PREPARED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
FOR THE DESTRUCTION.
WE SHOULD TREAT THE DESTRUCTION
BY THESE MOBS AS THOUGH IT WAS A
HURRICANE OR AN EARTHQUAKE AND
FEMA SHOULD STEP IN.
AND WE SHOULD HELP REBUILD
WHETHER IT’S MINNEAPOLIS OR
ATLANTA OR WASHINGTON OR LOS
ANGELES.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR
THE BRUNT OF GOVERNMENT FAILING
TO PROTECT THEM.
I ALSO THINK THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD OUTLINE WHAT THIS IS A
WAR AGAINST AMERICA.
THESE ARE NOT RIOTS IN A
TRADITIONAL SENSE.
YOU HAVE A NATIONWIDE GROUP,
ANTIFA IS PART OF IT.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS
INVOLVED.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE ENGAGED TOTALLY IN
TERMS OF THE FBI AND OTHER
ASSETS TO FIND OUT WHO IS PAYING
FOR IT.
WHO IS ORGANIZING IT.
HOW IS IT HAPPENING?
AND, FRANKLY, TO LOCK PEOPLE UP
A VERY LONG TIME.
WE SHOULD ALSO GO BACK AND LOOK
AT ALL THE VIDEO WE HAVE BECAUSE
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE GOT CAUGHT
ON CAMERA SETTING A POLICE CAR
ON FIRE.
DEFACING THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
SETTING FIRE TO A CHURCH THAT
DATES BACK TO 1816, YOU KNOW,
SIZZLES HAVE TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
AND I THINK WE’RE IN A CRISIS IN
OUR COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE GOT TO
DECIDE IS AMERICAN SIZZLES WORTH
PROTECTING IN WHICH CASE WE HAVE
TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PUT
DOWN THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
DESTROY OUR COUNTRY.
STEVE: YOU KNOW, NEWT, THE
PRESIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND WHAT
HE DID WAS HE SAID DEMOCRATS
WERE NOT TOUGH ENOUGH ON VIOLENT
PROTESTERS, AND VOWED TO
DESIGNATE ANTIFA A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN WE HEARD BILL BARR COME
OUT.
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE
SEEN A NUMBER OF MAINSTREAM
MEDIA PUNDITS WHO HAVE SAID THE
PRESIDENT CAN’T DO THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CAN’T DO
THAT.
BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING.
>> LOOK THERE ARE LAWS AND ANDY
McCARTHY HAS WRITTEN TOO
POWERFUL COLUMNS ABOUT THIS AS A
FORMER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYER
WHO ACTUALLY PROSECUTED
TERRORISTS.
AND HE SAID, OF COURSE WE CAN
THERE IS A LAW GOING ALL THE WAY
BACK TO 1807 THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO
PROTECT YOU.
WHEN THAT MAN WAS BEATEN TO
DEATH IN DALLAS, THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT FAILED IN ITS
DUTY TO PROTECT HIM.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND
THE COUNTRY, WHEN YOU SEE A
POLICE STATION BURNED DOWN, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF THINGS
THEY ARE DOING TO THE LINCOLN
MEMORIAL AND I FRANKLY DON’T
UNDERSTAND I DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHY THE MALL WASN’T PROTECTED
WHETHER YOU BRINGS IN THE
MILITARY OR THE D.C. NATIONAL
GUARD.
THIS NON-70S THE MAYOR POSTURING
AND THEN LOSING TOTAL CONTROL OF
HER CITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH
AMERICANS HAVE TO MAKE A REAL
DECISION HERE.
I’M TOTALLY FOR THE RIGHT OF
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN A
FRAMEWORK.
WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A CURFEW AND
SOMEBODY BREAKS THAT CURFEW,
THEY ARE NO LONGER PEACEFULLY
DEMONSTRATING.
WHEN SOMEBODY SETS A POLICE CAR
ON FIRE THEY ARE NO LONGER
PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATING.
WE HAD GOOD FRIENDS TELL US IN
MINNEAPOLIS THEIR GAS STATION
WAS BURNED OUT.
THEIR POST OFFICE WAS BURNED
OUT.
THIS IS A WAR AGAINST AMERICAN
SIZZLES BY SOME REALLY VICIOUS
PEOPLE.
AINSLEY: NEWT, I BELIEVE THE GUY
IN DALLAS, I DON’T THINK HE
DIED.
I THINK HE WAS BEATEN REALLY
BAD.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR OP-ED.
YOU WROTE THIS OP-ED AND IT’S
TITLED ANGER IS JUSTIFIED OVER
GEORGE FLOYD’S KILLING.
RIOTING IS NOT AND SHOULD HAVE
BEEN PREVENTED I HAVE HEARD
PEOPLE SAY THIS IS RUIN AGO
MEANINGFUL PROTEST AND NONE OF
THIS IS FOR GEORGE FLOYD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE IS A
GROUP OF PEOPLE AND DONE THIS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
A GROUP OF PEOPLE, ANTIFA IS ONE
OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE GROUPS
WHO WANT TO DESTROY AMERICAN
SIZZLES.
AND EVERY EXCUSE THEY GET THEY
GO OUT AND THEY START FIRES.
THEY DO DAMAGE, THEY TRY TO
CAUSE VIOLENCE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE
WHO GO DOWN THE STREET AS THEY
DID IN ATLANTA AND AS THEY DID
IN NEW YORK.
AND THEY BREAK IN EVERY WINDOW
AND THEY LOOT MATERIAL, YOU ARE
LOOKING AT THE CRIMINALS AND
THIEVES WHO ARE USING, A
POLITICAL MOMENT TO POSTURE.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY ARE
STEALING AND DESTROYING.
I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THAT’S WHY I WROTE THE
ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY I WAS
APPALLED AT THE 2:00 A.M. PRESS
CONFERENCE IN MINNESOTA WHICH
HAPPENED TO BE:00 NEXT MORNING
HERE IN ROME ONCE WE HAPPENED TO
SEE IT.
AND BASICALLY, THEY WERE STAYING
THAT THEY HADN’T MOBILIZED
ENOUGH FORCES AND SO FORTH.
AND MY REACTION AT THE TIME WAS
THERE ARE 13,000 MEMBERS OF
MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD.
IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU MOBILIZE ALL
OF THEM.
I WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME THING
FOR WASHINGTON YESTERDAY.
THERE IS NO REASON TO ALLOW ANY
PERSON WHO WANTS TO COMMIT
VIOLENCE TO BE ANYWHERE WITHIN A
MILE OF THE WHITEHOUSE OR A MILE
THE MALL.
JUST CLOSE THEM DOWN AND SAY NO.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THESE
KIND OF PEOPLE TO HAVE -- TO GO
OUT HERE AND CAUSE DAMAGE.
BRIAN: IT’S AMAZING, NEWT.
I WATCHED THAT TOO.
HAPPENED TO BE UP.
THAT MAYOR WENT OUT THERE
TOTALLY UNPREPARED.
HE ALSO GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO
SAYS YEAH, IT COULD BE SOME LEFT
WING GROUPS BUT IT’S A LOT OF
WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPINGS WHO
HAVE MIXED.
IN I DON’T SEE ANY INDICATION
THAT THERE ARE WHITE SUPREMACIST
GROUPS MIXING IN.
THIS IS ANTIFA ORGANIZATION.
IT SEEMS THAT THE FIRST TIME WE
REALLY SAW IT IN A MAJOR WAY WAS
OCCUPY WALL STREET.
IT’S THE SAME MIND SET.
REAL QUICK, YOUR COMMENT?
>> WELL, YES, AND THERE ARE ALSO
PEOPLE WHO TRASHED SEATTLE YEARS
AGO.
THEY MADE A HACKETT OF THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HOPE THAT
THE PRESIDENT’S DESIGNATION AS A
TERRORIST GROUP WILL DO IS LET’S
OPEN UP THE FUNDING.
WHO IS PAYING FOR THESE PEOPLE?
I WAS APPALLED THAT 13 OF JOE
BIDEN’S STAFF WERE DONATING
MONEY TO BAIL PEOPLE OUT IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
FRANKLY, I WAS ALSO APPALLED
THAT THEY WERE BEING BAILED OUT.
THEY SHOULD STAY IN JAIL UNTIL
THIS IS OVER.
STEVE: NEWT GINGRICH, WE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.