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00:01My great fellow Americans, earlier today on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, two
00:06members of the National Guard serving in Washington, D.C., were shot at point-blank
00:12range in a monstrous ambush-style attack just steps away from the White House.
00:17They had been deputized as part of the most successful public safety and national security
00:22mission in the history of our nation's capital, the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, which
00:29has achieved an unprecedented reduction in violent crime and crimes of all types.
00:36This heinous assault was an act of evil, an act of hatred, and an act of terror.
00:42It was a crime against our entire nation.
00:45It was a crime against humanity.
00:48The hearts of all Americans tonight are with those two members of the West Virginia National
00:53Guard and their families.
00:55The love of our entire country is pouring out for them, and we are lifting them up in
01:01our prayers.
01:03As we are filled with anguish and grief for those who were shot, we're also filled with
01:09righteous anger and ferocious resolve.
01:12As President of the United States, I am determined to ensure that the animal who perpetrated this
01:20atrocity pays the steepest possible price.
01:24I can report tonight that, based on the best available information, the Department of Homeland
01:29Security is confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from
01:35Afghanistan, a hellhole on Earth.
01:39He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021 on those infamous flights that
01:45everybody was talking about.
01:48Nobody knew who was coming in.
01:50Nobody knew anything about it.
01:52His status was extended under legislation signed by President Biden, a disastrous president,
01:59the worst in the history of our country.
02:02This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation.
02:08The last administration let in 20 million unknown and unvetted foreigners from all over the
02:14world, from places that you don't want to even know about.
02:18No country can tolerate such a risk to our very survival.
02:23An example is Minnesota, where hundreds of thousands of Somalians are ripping off our country and
02:31ripping apart that once great state.
02:34Billions of dollars are lost and gangs of Somalians come from a country that doesn't even have a
02:41government, no laws, no water, no military, no nothing, as their representatives in our country preach to
02:48us about our Constitution and how our country is no good.
02:53We'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.
03:01We must now re-examine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden.
03:08And we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not
03:15belong here or add benefit to our country.
03:19If they can't love our country, we don't want them.
03:21America will never bend and never yield in the face of terror.
03:26And at the same time, we will not be deterred from the mission
03:30these service members were so nobly fulfilling.
03:34That is why tonight I can announce that I have directed the Department of War to mobilize an
03:39additional 500 troops to help protect our capital city.
03:45We will make America totally safe again.
03:48And we will bring the perpetrator of this barbaric attack to swift and certain justice,
03:54if the bullets going in the opposite direction haven't already done that.
03:59During this time of the year, when we gather at home with loved ones,
04:03these two patriots were wearing the uniform of our country patrolling the streets of our
04:09Capitol.
04:10They had taken a selfless oath to defend our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
04:16And that is exactly what they were doing when they were gunned down in a savage attack.
04:22I want to express my extraordinary gratitude to every member of the United States military who is
04:28deployed tonight at home and abroad. I also want to thank the Secret Service and the D.C. Metropolitan
04:34Police Department for their work today. This Thanksgiving, I ask every family to say a prayer for
04:41the two great heroes who were so horribly shot. And for their loved ones, please say a prayer.
04:48May God bless them and comfort them. And may God bless and protect the United States of America.
04:55Thank you and good night.
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