AFRICAN AMERICANS/POLICE: [Reporter: “Mr. President, we asked you earlier today about the Breonna Taylor case… Could you comment now?”…]
“Well, I thought it was really brilliant. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is doing a fantastic job. I think he’s a star. And he made a statement that I’ll just read:
‘Justice is not — justice is not often easy. It does not fit the mold of public opinion and it does not conform to shifting standards. It answers only to the facts and to the law. If we simply act on emotion or outrage there is no justice. Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice — it just becomes revenge.’
I mean, I heard that, I said, ‘Write that down for me, please.’ Because I think it’s — it was a terrific statement. He’s handling it very well. You know who he is, right? You — you — I think you know. I think everyone now knows who he is.
I will be speaking to the governor. And we have a call scheduled to make very shortly with the governor. I understand he’s called up the National Guard, which is a good thing. I think it’s a very positive thing. And it’ll all work out.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 23, 2020