Former President Donald Trump pledged to “immediately stop all robberies and thefts” if he is returned to the White House – calling on police to open fire on shoplifters.
The 2024 GOP presidential front-runner took aim at criminals during a fiery speech Friday night at the California Republican Party convention as the state grapples with soaring crime and daytime shoplifting.
“We will immediately stop all looting and theft. It’s simple: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you leave the store,” the 77-year-old said.
“Shot!” Trump added for emphasis.
“The word that they shot you will get out in a few minutes and our country, in one day, will be a completely different place. There must be retribution for the theft and destruction and destruction of our country,” he added.
Trump, who has also proposed shooting migrants to stop them from crossing the US-Mexico border, drew cheers for delivering his tough-on-crime message about also opening fire on shoplifters.
Trump pledged to “immediately stop all robberies and thefts” by calling on police to shoot shoplifters. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has claimed that Trump asked about the shooting of protesters during the George Floyd demonstration.
Trump has also proposed the death penalty for drug traffickers, human traffickers and anyone convicted of killing police officers.
During his first year in office, he advised police to be more harsh in their handling of suspects, telling recruits, “Please don’t be too nice.”
A man steals merchandise from a store in Miami-Dade County in December 2022. WPLGA security guards try to stop a shoplifter at a New York City Walgreens.
Murders and other violent crimes have been on the rise in California, where residents have also been inundated with headlines about problems from carjacking and drug use in San Francisco to street racing and illegal takeovers across a new bridge in Los Angeles.
“We will reverse the decline of America and we will end the desecration of your once great state, California,” Trump said Friday.
“This is not a great state anymore. This is a garbage dump. You are a dumping ground. The world is being banished to California. prisoner. terrorist. Mentally ill.”
Trump said he would “end the desecration” of California during his speech in Anaheim on September 29, 2023. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
On Sunday night, Trump arrived in New York City ahead of his court date the next day in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million civil fraud case against him and his company.
“I will go to Court tomorrow morning to fight for my name and reputation against the corrupt and racist Attorney General, Letitia James, who campaigned to ‘get Trump,’ and the Trump-Hating Judge who is unfair, crooked and cruel in his actions. FOLLOW me,” he wrote on the social media platform Truth Social shortly before midnight.
With Postal wire
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