Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is going into MEMPHIS, Tennessee this week to meet with the troops on quashing crime and disorder.
"An 18 year old murdered a Memphis police officer and he had been let out without any bail just prior to that murder. Because you have a woke DA there. They're letting people out. They're not holding them accountable."
"So we're coming in with all of our federal agents and we're going to charge them federally whenever possible. We're going to keep them in federal custody. No officers, no offers. And if you touch a federal officer, you will be prosecuted."
"You touch a federal officer and we're going to hold you in jail, in a federal jail, and we are going to prosecute you. That's what's going to stop crime. And working hand in hand with the local Memphis Police Department, they've been great."
"We're going to come in and share intelligence and get these violent criminals off the street. It's got to stop...So Secretary Hegseth and I are going in there together this week. We're going to meet...We're meeting with the mayor, all the locals, so we can work hand in hand to make Memphis safe again."
"And it's a shame that Portland, that Chicago, that these cities aren't begging Donald Trump to come in there and help them."