Trump on Statues and the Protesters: ‘We Are Looking at Long-Term Jail Sentences for These Vandals’

TRUMP: "Last night we stopped an attack on a great monument, the monument of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park, and I just want to thank law enforcement, they did a great job. We were working very closely with the White House, the Secret Service and some of our executives. It was really — they did a great job. Numerous people are in jail and going to jail today. People are already there, but we are looking at long-term sentences under the act. We have a very specific Monuments Act and we are looking at long-term jail sentences for these vandals and these hoodlums and these anarchists and agitators. And call them whatever you want. Some people don’t like that language, but that’s what they are. They are bad people, they don’t love our country. And they are not taking down our monuments. I just want to make that clear."