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And we must pray for their safety and their speedy recovery. | |
| And as the chief said, we are in the preliminary stages of this investigation. | ||
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We will run down every single lead, every piece of evidence. | |
| This is the power of the U.S. government at its best at the state, local, and federal level. | ||
| That is why this interagency group is standing behind us to assure America and the world that we will continue to keep D.C. safe. | ||
| And thankfully, we have Metropolitan Police Department, the National Guardsmen, and federal agents, and the Department of Justice and Attorney General willing to prosecute the mission to keep Americans safe. | ||
| And President Trump has rightly stated that this heinous act will be investigated. | ||
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And he has thanked the National Guard's men and women and the men and women of law enforcement. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| Did the suspect say anything at the time? | ||
| Why did the West Virginia governor see the paper? | ||
| Chief, was anyone else shot? | ||
| Had the families been notified? | ||
| General, what about the United States? | ||
| My great fellow Americans, earlier today, on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, two members of the National Guard serving in Washington, D.C. were shot at point-blank range in a monstrous ambush-style attack just steps away from the White House. | ||
| They had been deputized as part of the most successful public safety and national security mission in the history of our nation's capital, the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which has achieved an unprecedented reduction in violent crime and crimes of all type. | ||
| This heinous assault was an act of evil and act of hatred and an act of terror. | ||
| It was a crime against our entire nation. | ||
| It was a crime against humanity. | ||
| The hearts of all Americans tonight are with those two members of the West Virginia National Guard and their families. | ||
| The love of our entire country is pouring out for them, and we are lifting them up in our prayers. | ||
| As we are filled with anguish and grief for those who were shot, we're also filled with righteous anger and ferocious resolve. | ||
| As President of the United States, I am determined to ensure that the animal who perpetrated this atrocity pays the steepest possible price. | ||
| I can report tonight that, based on the best available information, the Department of Homeland Security is confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth. | ||
| He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021 on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about. | ||
| Nobody knew who was coming in. | ||
| Nobody knew anything about it. | ||
| His status was extended under legislation signed by President Biden, a disastrous president, the worst in the history of our country. | ||
| This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation. | ||
| The last administration let in 20 million unknown and unvetted foreigners from all over the world, from places that you don't want to even know about. | ||
| No country can tolerate such a risk to our very survival. | ||
| An example is Minnesota, where hundreds of thousands of Somalians are ripping off our country and ripping apart that once great state. | ||
| Billions of dollars are lost, and gangs of Somalians come from a country that doesn't even have a government, no laws, no water, no military, no nothing, as their representatives in our country preach to us about our Constitution and how our country is no good. | ||
| We're not going to put up with these kind of assaults on law and order by people who shouldn't even be in our country. | ||
| We must now re-examine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country. | ||
| If they can't love our country, we don't want them. | ||
| America will never bend and never yield in the face of terror. | ||
| And at the same time, we will not be deterred from the mission these service members were so nobly fulfilling. | ||
| That is why tonight I can announce that I have directed the Department of War to mobilize an additional 500 troops to help protect our capital city. | ||
| We will make America totally safe again, and we will bring the perpetrator of this barbaric attack to swift and certain justice if the bullets going in the opposite direction haven't already done that. | ||
| During this time of the year, when we gather at home with loved ones, these two patriots were wearing the uniform of our country patrolling the streets of our capital. | ||
| They had taken a selfless oath to defend our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. | ||
| And that is exactly what they were doing when they were gunned down in a savage attack. | ||
| I want to express my extraordinary gratitude to every member of the United States military who is deployed tonight, at home and abroad. | ||
| I also want to thank the Secret Service and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for their work today. | ||
| This Thanksgiving, I ask every family to say a prayer for the two great heroes who were so horribly shot and for their loved ones. | ||
| Please say a prayer. | ||
| May God bless them and comfort them and may God bless and protect the United States of America. | ||
| Thank you and good night. | ||
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Democracy. | |
| It isn't just an idea. | ||
| It's a process. | ||
| A process shaped by leaders elected to the highest offices and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. | ||
| It's where debates unfold, decisions are made, and the nation's course is charted. | ||
| Democracy in real time. | ||
| This is your government at work. | ||
| This is C-SPAN, giving you your democracy unfiltered. | ||
| On Thanksgiving Day, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern, C-SPAN presents a day-long America 250 marathon, all part of our more than year-long coverage of historic moments that explore the American story. | ||
| At 11 a.m., we'll feature Boston's Freedom Trail through a guided tour featuring the site of the Boston Massacre, Old Statehouse, Faniel Hall, and Old North Church. | ||
| Give me liberty or give me death. | ||
| At 2.30 p.m. Eastern, Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech on the 250th anniversary and in its original location, St. John's Church in Richmond. | ||
| At 6.05 p.m., the U.S. Navy 250th anniversary Victory at Sea concert in Philadelphia with a musical performance by Patty LaBelle. | ||
| Also at 8 p.m., the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, where more than 1,000 reenactors commemorate one of the earliest and most consequential Revolutionary War battles. | ||
| And at 9.30 p.m., a celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary, featuring a parade through Washington, D.C., an enlistment ceremony, parachute demonstration, and fireworks. | ||
| Watch the America 250 Thanksgiving All-Day Marathon on Thursday on C-SPAN. | ||
| Also, head over to C-SPAN.org to get the full schedule. |