2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump openly advocated police brutality when, during a campaign speech in Erie, Pennsylvania on Sunday, September 29, he called for "one really violent day" of policing. This "extraordinarily rough" approach, Trump promised, would dramatically reduce crime in maj...
What was the full quote? I expect it to be complete shit but he gets partially quoted out of context enough I’ve learned not to trust headlines quoting just a phrase. He vomits legitimately terrible things often enough we shouldn’t need to exaggerate or manufacture bad quotes. I want to read this one.
Watch it. It’s really there. Starts shortly after
44:34(39:00) on the timestamp. That should be enough context.I searched for “One Rough Hour” in the transcript to find the section.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?538747-1/president-trump-campaigns-erie-pennsylvania
*edit: A Clip that I found the quote directly from: https://x.com/Acyn/status/1840483582433009711
*edit 2: I hate this speech. I hate C-Span’s Text Links to Video Anchors. They’re horrible. Another point at 39:00 exactly he says “See we have to let the police do their job, and if they have to be extraordinarily rough… <Crowd Applause>” *edit 3: At 41:00: “One Rough Hour…”