After Donald Trump’s supporters stormed and breached Capitol Hill on Wednesday, his past comments on the arrest of protestors who damage federal buildings resurfaced on social media.
“Flashback: July 27. Trump called for protesters who damaged federal buildings to get a minimum of 10 years in prison,” MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin tweeted along with an image of Trump’s tweet.
“Anarchists, Agitators or Protestors who vandalize or damage our Federal Courthouse in Portland, or any Federal Buildings in any of our Cities or States, will be prosecuted under our recently re-enacted Statues & Monuments Act. MINIMUM TEN YEARS IN PRISON. Don’t do it!” the president wrote.
As reported by Forbes, Trump also allegedly expressed his desire to crack down on protestors during a phone conversation with Maryland governors last year. He reportedly pushed for police to get “much together” on protestors taking to the streets in the wake of George Floyd’s death and urged law enforcement to “dominate them.”
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