A SPECIAL REPORT.
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. THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
HERE’S LESTER HOLT.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP
MAKING REMARKS NOW IN
THE ROSE GARDEN.
>> -- BY THE BRUTAL
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
MY ADMINISTRATION IS
FULLY COMMITTED THAT
FOR GEORGE AND HIS
FAMILY JUSTICE WILL BE
SERVED.
HE WILL NOT HAVE DIED
IN VAIN.
BUT WE CANNOT ALLOW
THE RIGHTEOUS CRIES
AND PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS TO BE
DROWNED OUT BY AN
ANGRY MOB, THE BIGGEST
VICTIMS OF THE RIOTING
ARE PEACE-LOVING
CITIZENS IN OUR
POOREST COMMUNITIES,
AND AS THEIR PRESIDENT
I WILL FIGHT TO KEEP
THEM SAFE.
I WILL FIGHT TO
PROTECT YOU.
I AM YOUR PRESIDENT OF
LAW AND ORDER AND AN
ALLY OF ALL PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS.
BUT IN RECENT DAYS,
OUR NATION HAS BEEN
GRIPPED BY
PROFESSIONAL
ANARCHISTS, VIOLENT
MOBS, ARSONISTS,
LOOTERS, CRIMINALS,
RIOTERS, ANTIFA AND
OTHERS.
A NUMBER OF STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE
FAILED TO TAKE
NECESSARY ACTION TO
SAFE GUARD THEIR
RESIDENT
RESIDENTS.
RESIDENT RESIDENTS. 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.
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 HAS
BEEN OVERRUN.
HERE IN THE NATION’S
CAPITAL, THE LINCOLN
MEMORIAL AND THE WORLD
WAR II 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.
AMERICA NEEDS
CREATION, NOT
DESTRUCTION,
COOPERATION, NOT
CONTEMPT, SECURITY,
NOT ANARCHY, HEALING,
NOT HATRED, JUSTICE,
NOT CHAOS.
THIS IS OUR MISSION,
AND WE WILL SUCCEED
100%.
WE WILL SUCCEED.
OUR COUNTRY ALWAYS
WINS.
THAT IS WHY 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.
THEREFORE, THE
FOLLOWING MEASURES ARE
GOING INTO EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
FIRST WE ARE ENDING
THE RIOTS AND
LAWLESSNESS THAT HAS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR
COUNTRY.
WE WILL END IT NOW.
TODAY I HAVE STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED TO EVERY
GOVERNOR TO DEPLOY THE
NATIONAL GUARD IN
SUFFICIENT NUMBERS
THAT WE DOMINATE THE
STREETS.
MAYORS AND GOVERNORS
MUST ESTABLISH AN
OVERWHELMING LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE
UNTIL THE VIOLENCE HAS
BEEN QUELLED.
IF A CITY OR STATE
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.
I AM ALSO TAKING SWIFT
AND DECISIVE ACTION TO
PROTECT OUR GREAT
CAPITAL, WASHINGTON,
D.C.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
CITY LAST NIGHT WAS A
TOTAL DISGRACE.
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.
WE ARE PUTTING
EVERYBODY ON WARNING.
OUR 7:00 CURFEW WILL
BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
THOSE WHO THREATEN
INNOCENT LIFE AND
PROPERTY WILL BE
ARRESTED, DETAINED,
AND PROSECUTED TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT OF THE
LAW.
I WANT THE ORGANIZERS
OF THIS TERROR TO BE
ON NOTICE THAT YOU
WILL FACE SEVERE
CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND
LENGTHY SENTENCES IN
JAIL.
THIS INCLUDES ANTIFA
AROUND OTHERS WHO ARE
LEADING INSTIGATORS OF
THIS VIOLENCE.
ONE LAW AND ORDER, AND
THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
ONE LAW.
WE HAVE ONE BEAUTIFUL
LAW.
AND ONCE THAT IS
RESTORED AND FULLY
RESTORED, WE WILL HELP
YOU, WE WILL HELP YOUR
BUSINESS, AND WE WILL
HELP YOUR FAMILY.
AMERICA IS FOUNDED
UPON THE RULE OF LAW.
IT IS THE FOUNDATION
OF OUR PROSPERITY, OUR
FREEDOM, AND OUR VERY
WAY OF LIFE, BUT WHERE
THERE IS NO LAW, THERE
IS NO OPPORTUNITY.
WHERE THERE IS NO
JUSTICE, THERE IS NO
LIBERTY.
WHERE THERE IS NO
SAFETY, THERE IS NO
FUTURE.
WE MUST NEVER GIVE IN
TO ANGER OR HATRED IF
MALICE OR VIOLENCE
REIGNS, THEN NONE OF
US IS FREE.
I TAKE THESE ACTIONS
TODAY WITH FIRM
RESOLVE AND WITH A
TRUE AND PASSIONATE
LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
BY FAR OUR GREATEST
DAYS LIE AHEAD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW I’M GOING TO PAY
MY RESPECTS TO A VERY,
VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP
SPEAKING IN THE ROSE
GARDEN ON THE UNREST
WE’VE SEEN IN THIS
COUNTRY THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS.
THE PRESIDENT
DECLARING HE WILL END
THE RIOTS.
HE IS RECOMMEND TO
GOVERNORS THE
DEPLOYMENT OF MORE
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
TO DOMINATE WAS THE
TERM HE USED AND
THREATENING TO DEPLOY
U.S. MILITARY.
WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE
HERE AND ALLOW MOST OF
YOU TO RETURN TO YOUR
REGULAR PROGRAMMING.
MANY OF YOU WILL BE