Portland man beaten unconscious, woman assaulted; Acting CBP commissioner Mark Morgan reacts.
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Steve Ainsley Brian back to you,
Steve Todd lets bring in Mark
Morgan,
the acting Cbp Commissioner
joining us from d dot c
mark good morning to you
good Morning,
Steve. I just got a text message
from a friend of mine who saw
the video and said that should
be assault with intent to kill
a karate kick to the head of a
kneeling man, absolutely
horrible, but as Brian mentioned
a moment ago, that video from
that protest turned violent, not
getting a lot of mainstream
media air play, whereas if that
had happened at say a Trump
rally or one of those trump
Floatillas, it be the lead story
on every channel for the next
three weeks.
You know Steve that
absolutely right.
First of all, this is absolutely
should be prosecuted as attempt
ed murder, and what you
just said is the second layer of
tragedy that its not getting
more attention
look. This is clearly what
happens when we have individuals
that defend, deny and at times
actually encourage this type of
violence.
When we have policies and the
lack of leadership that
absolutely promotes lawlessness.
American people need to be
standing up and paying attention
were at a crossroads in this
country at this very moment,
Ainsley. Why dont we hear more
condemnation of this
watch this
this lady. Can you play that
video again
watch what they do to this woman?
They jump on top of her. She
gets out of the truck. It looks
like shes checking on the man
in the driver seat and then she
walks around and some lady comes
up behind her and slams her to
the ground.
Watch right here.
Look at that.
Why arent we hearing more about
this?
Why isnt anyone arrested
whats, going on
Look Ainsley that is tough
to watch
ive been a career law
enforcement officer for thirty years
and im telling you that is
hard for me to see, and I can
draw no other conclusion that
right now at no greater time we
are putting politics above
public safety
thats. Why youre not seeing
that more and thats outrageous
Brian? Listen! If you want to see
the video go to drew,
Hernandezs Twitter feed with
all this video lined up
its an open and shut case,
its all there,
theres people being attacked
for just walking,
so are you going to send? Are
you going to recommend sending
back in federal troops being
that the federal court House is
no longer protected, because the
state cops not backed by the
mayor have decided to leave
Brian? I could tell you, as
the Cbp commissioner ive
said it before and ill continue
to say it.
We will support any request to
have additional resources, go to
defend the rule of law and
protect the citizens where
cities fail to do so for the
citizens as the acting
Cbp. Commissioner, I
will support that one hundred percent every
single time,
Steve weve, got to point out at
some of these events. There are
protesters and then there are
bad actors who make things
happen and thats where the
trouble is
thats. What everybody has a
problem with, but you would never
know that if you were listening
to the Dnc last night,
listen to a variety of Democrats
right here.
While we were peacefully
protesting, Donald Trump was
plotting.
He sent troops in camouflage
into our streets,
he sent tear gas into the air
and federal helicopters too.
He has tried to prevent
people from voting deployed. The
military and federal agents
against peaceful protesters.
Kids in this country are see
requiring empathy of one another.
They watch in horror as
children are torn from their
families and thrown into cages
and pepper sprayed and rubber
bullets are used on peaceful
protesters for a photo Op
Steve. Where is the fact checker,
because the administration has
got no problem with peaceful
protests, but were not talking
about peaceful protests. Mark
Steve look
I want to stay out of politics,
but what I can tell you is
anyone who refers to whats,
going on specifically in
Portland for almost three
months as totally peaceful and
like were going after peaceful
protesters,
thats, not just a manipulation
of the fact,
thats an outright lie, and can
I quickly comment on something
that Michelle Obama said about
kids in cages?
That is outrageous.
I thought we put that to bed.
I was actually the chief of the
border patrol under the
Obama administration and
when those facilities were built,
they were actually built to get
kids and families out of our
overcrowded facilities and to
open their facilities with
thousands of square feet, and at
that moment was built under the
Obama administration. It was
allotted as an absolutely
incredibly positive thing,
its outrageous now that its
being used as a political
talking point
Ainsley speaking of immigration.
I know as Cbp director you are
going with the president down to
the border to Yuma Arizona,
whats going to happen there.
Well, I dont want to get in
front of the announcement, but
its going to be another
significant milestone of a
number of miles of wall system
that have been built and ive
said it before and ill continue
to say it Ainsley is that
every mile of wall system that
is built this country is safer
because of it
our ability to enter drugs,
killing thousands of Americans
increases gangs like MS 13,
whose motto is to rape, kill and
control and other criminals that
continue their havoc and more
victims in this country. Every
law system enables us to protect
this country, greater
thats. What were going to be
celebrating later today,
Brian, by the way, the pictures
of kids in ages came from the
Obama era, not the Trump era
Mark Morgan thanks so much
its going to be an important
day.
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