8/27/2020

STATUES: “When the anarchists started ripping down our statues and monuments right outside, I signed an order immediately, 10 years in prison, and it was a miracle. It all stopped. No more statues.They said, that’s just too long as they looked as a statue.I think we’ll rip it down. Then they said, ‘10 years in prison? I think that is too long. Let’s go home.’”

-Donald Trump in an Aug. 27, 2020 speech, “Full Transcript: President Trump’s Republican National Convention Speech,” nytimes.com, Aug. 28, 2020