President Trump vows to send the federal government into cities facing violence despite backlash from local leaders; Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich weighs in.
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I did learn that my english
teacher, Ms Hayes, might be
watching
overnight thousands of
protesters hitting the streets
of Portland Oregon for the 54th
straight night.
Listen to this
overcome.
We shall overcome
some day,
Griff the large crowd singing
outside the Portland Javits
Center.
They are protesting the federal
officers in the city, protecting
a sign on the city, reading FED
goons out of Pdx
Steve rallying against to send
one hundred and seventy five federal officers to the
city.
The move comes after violent
clashes with protesters and
police.
Three right now here in New
York City
lets, go to Rome and bring in
Newt Gingrich Fox NEWS,
contributor, former speaker of
the house and author Trump and
the american future.
Mr Speaker, good morning to
you
good to be with you
Steve. You know it was
yesterday that we did the story
that apparently the president of
the fraternal order of police in
Chicago asked. The president
please. The mayor here is inept.
Doesnt know what she is doing
send in the feds.
According to John Roberts, as of
last night, there were no plans
to send further law enforcement
from the federal level in across
these communities.
But you know the president is
taking a lot of heat for doing
just that, because the mayors are
going, we didnt ask for them.
We dont need them.
Well, look. I think if you
are a left wing, Radical Democrat
and you dont mind seeing the
federal courthouse in Portland
under attack and you are
unwilling to defend it. I dont
know what grounds you have to
stand on.
If you are the mayor of a radical left wing, democratic,
radical left wing, democratic
mayor of ceilings, you think
taking over six or seven square
blocks is the summer of love
until people start getting
killed or the mayor of Chicago
Chicago and New York in one
weekend had one hundred and fifty two Americans shot
in one weekend
now, at what point does the
President of the United States
have an obligation to defend
innocent Americans whose city
governments refuse to defend
them?
You may remember in the 1960s,
the government sent the FBI into
Mississippi when civil rights
workers were being killed and it
was clear that the local police
would not hunt down who killed
them
and so and because they were
Americans, they deserve
protection. The only test give
every American is
this. If you have had six weeks
of rioting in Portland,
you have a left wing mayor, a
democratic mayor who refuses to
defend the american governments,
courthouse whats the
obligation of the President of
the United States.
Just let them burn down the
courthouse
or to go in and defend it.
I think the president ultimately
has no choice except to defend
federal property and, frankly,
at some point to step in and
defend american citizens
Ainsley. This is what the
president said on that Newt.
Listen to this
im going to do something
that I can tell you,
because New York and Chicago and
Philadelphia, and Detroit and
Baltimore and all of these
Oakland is a mess,
were not going to let this
happen in our country
all run by liberal Democrats,
we will have more federal law
enforcement that I can tell
you
Portland. They have done a
fantastic job,
they have been there three days
and they really have done a
fantastic job in a very short
period of time.
No problem,
they grab them
a lot of people in jail.
They are leaders
these a anarchists.
These are not protesters,
people say protesters.
These people are anarchists.
These are people that hate our
country
and were not going to let it go
forward,
Ainsley Newt. What is the
direction of our country? You?
Because we are so divided on
this?
Some want defunding and some
want to dismantle entire police
departments.
But then you have others that
want our police. That say there
are just a few bad apples and we
need to get rid of those.
We want our children, our
children, protected
whats, the directions
go for it
because of the propaganda
media, New York Times the
Washington Post, the big
networks, because they are all
so rabidly left wing, now its
very hard to get the truth about
the american people.
Pugh did a poll about two weeks
ago. Twelve percent of the country wants to
deeply defund the police.
Fourteen percent of the country wants a
little defunding, but not too
much.
Seventy five percent of the country is against
defunding the police, which is
why you watch Biden trying to be
on both sides of the issue,
claiming he is really not for
defunding, but he is for shifting
resources, but he couldnt call
that defunding, even though the
money was coming out of the
police department.
He knows he has to dance now,
because left is adamant about
defunding. When AOC says defund,
she means zero dollars,
not just a cut,
so Biden is trying to ride both
horses, which he wont be able to
do
the average miner. The person is
not going to be on the today
show
they are not going to be on meet
the press.
The average person looks at the
riots in Seattle, the riots in
Portland the weekend, murders in
Chicago eighteen people murdered in
one weekend
and the average person says you
know I would like to have
safety.
I would like to have calm
well. Last time we had this left
wings revolutionary cycle, late,
60s, early 1970s, two hundred
bombings. It ended because
people got put in jail,
it didnt end because we all
sang Kum Ba yah.
It ended because the federal
government methodically hunted
down the people, breaking the law
and locked them up.
I think same cycle again. This
is the second time we have seen
a surge of left wing
revolutionaries who would like
to do. I have America, the last
time was basically 67 72.
It will have to end the same
way.
Its tragic. That Biden wont
come out from his basement and
indicate he is against the
demonstrations and riots and
looting in places like Portland,
I mean, would Biden protect an
american courthouse, or is he
against protecting american
courthouses?
Would Biden do something to save
lives in Chicago,
or does he just think as long as
the left wing democratic mayor
is happy with it? What does he
care? What happens to South side
Chicago
Griff? Well, we will see
Newt. Let me ask you: you
mentioned the average American
on a different subject. A lot of
average Americans are suffering
because the pandemic continues,
and here in Washington, today
Democrats Pelosi Schumer
meeting with White House
officials
mnuchin on stimulus package.
It clearly appears the price tag
is a big sticking point.
Mcconnell wants a one dollar trillion
package.
Pelosi has already passed a
three dollars trillion one
and, of course the President is
saying. Look I want a payroll
tax cut in this,
otherwise I will consider not
signing it.
What do you make of where things
stand and how do they get on the
same page?
Well, look. I think, first of
all its a mess right now, but
everybody has an interest
Mitch. Mcconnell has made it
very clear. His highest interest
is liability, protection for
businesses and governments.
I suspect that Schumer and
Pelosi will decide that they
have to get aid to the local
governments and they have to get
aid to the teachers unions
and I think, if the president
hangs tough. This will all come
down to Trump.
If the president hangs tough tax
cut, which I very strongly favor
and
those people who worry about the
trust fund,
can you put money in the trust
fund from general debt?
You dont have to do it just
through the payroll tax.
Nothing will help small business
more than a payroll tax cut and
one year holiday on the payroll
tax would make virtually every
small business in America
dramatically stronger and
healthier and increase the
number of people they could hire
and major step towards getting
us back towards recovery.
Look what the teachers unions
are demanding in order to go
back to school,
not concerned about the
children
not concerned about the virus.
They have all sorts of political
demands that make including
defunding the police that make
no sense at all, except for left
wing activists who now run the
teachers Unions
Steve. Without a doubt,
this legislation would be to
combat the effects of the
coronavirus.
No doubt Newt. There are a
million topics that american
voters will decide on in one hundred and four
days when we go to the polls.
But nonetheless, the number one
by a mile is the coronavirus and
how its impacting every facet
of american life
tonight, the president is going
to rye start. His corona
briefings coronavirus briefings
at the White House.
Some advisors had told him to
pull the plug, but they went too
long.
He was trying to beat up
reporters and stuff like that,
but we had Kellyanne Conway on
the program on Friday. She said:
look when he was doing those he
was getting the word out.
He looked like he was taking the
initiative
and he seemed engaged in it.
Do you think its a good idea? He
does that the day after he
announced that wearing a mask
was patriotic.
I think he should do them
with three conditions.
I hope he will in fact wear a
mask.
I mean if it was just a one
time gimmick its going to
backfire
if he will take seriously what
he said. Patriotism involves
protecting your neighbors and
your friends
wearing a mask is
appropriate
and I think if he himself would
wear a mask that will do as much
as any single thing to send a
signal to the country. He is
serious.
Second, these ought to be very
short briefings.
His part ought to be fifteen to twenty
minutes,
get off stage and third, and he
has got great things boy. The
way
breakthroughs on the vaccines
are unbelievable
would only occur because of
Trump, because he cut through all
the federal red tape
we may have two or three
vaccines by late. This fall
good news to tell people give
them the Good NEWS,
get off stage, and let people
talk to the ceos to the
companies and public health
officials not Trump,
and he should take no, no
questions.
This president cannot help
himself and if he opens it up to
questions, he will get in a
running brawl with reporters who
hate him
Reagan would have understood
this.
It makes no sense to let people
who hate you get equal time on
national television
and he ought to say heres what
I have to say to the american
people.
Here are some great people. You
can ask substantive questions to
see you later and come back
tomorrow and do the exact same
thing
in between every time he is in
public. He ought to be wearing
Activistma
thats whats, going to convince
people that he is serious about
this
Steve im, one hundred percent behind
you
Newt. I need to issue a
correction.
If you go to vote in one hundred and four days, it
will be the day before the polls
open
the polls open one hundred and five days from
today, thatS November. The third
all right
had to set that straight
by the way most of the
country starts voting much
earlier than election day.
So you are covered
Ainsley. I have had a boss
Newt I was working on Christmas
answered came in and I said what
are you doing here,
thats so nice to be here, go
with be your family.
He said I would never ask my
employee does do anything. I
wouldnt do im a leader here.
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