English transcript

Just last night we saw an extremely troubling incident where conservative

journalist Nick Sorter was captured on video being taken into custody

by the Portland Police after he was ambushed by Antifa and was

defending himself from these assaults. But instead of arresting these violent

mob members night after night after night who are ravaging this community, the

police arrested a journalist who was there trying to document the chaos and

everyone in this room should be extremely concerned about that. The

Department of Justice spoke with that journalist this morning and they will be

launching a full investigation into his arrest. This incident is part of a

troubling trend in Portland where left-wing mobs believe they get to

decide who can visit and live in their city. It is not their city. It is the

American people's city and President Trump is going to restore that. I just

spoke with the president about this and he has directed his team here at the

White House to begin reviewing aid that can potentially be cut in Portland. We will

not fund states that allow anarchy. There will also be an additional surge of

federal resources to Portland immediately including enhanced CBP and

ICE resources. Law and order will prevail and President Trump will make

sure of it. With that I'll take