Transcript of a speech by President Trump criticizing crime in Democrat-run cities, citing a fatal murder of a 23-year-old Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte public train and blaming 'catch and release' policies and judges/politicians. He urges forceful law enforcement, claims most dangerous U.S. cities are run by Democrats, and asserts that crime can be rapidly reduced as he contends happened in Washington, D.C.
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For far too long, Americans have been forced to put up with Democrat run cities that set loose savage, bloodthirsty criminals to prey on innocent people. Really very, very innocent people in every place. They control radical left judges, politicians and activists. And they've adopted a policy of catch and release for thugs and killers. In Charlotte, North Carolina we saw the results of these policies when a 23 year old woman who came here from Ukraine met her bloody end on a public train. And here's a picture of it. This is the picture of it. And this is a picture of the woman. A beautiful young girl that never had problems in life, with a magnificent future in this country. And now she's dead. She was slaughtered by a deranged monster who was roaming free after 14 prior arrests. We cannot allow a depraved criminal element of violent repeat offenders to continue spreading destruction and death throughout our country. We have to respond with force and strength. We have to be vicious, just like they are. It's the only thing they understand. 24 of the top 25 most dangerous cities in America are run by Democrat mayors. 50 people were murdered in Chicago in recent weeks with hundreds being shot. And it's time to stop this madness. The people of our country need to insist on protection, safety, law and order. We have proven that it can be done because we did it right here in D.C. and District of Columbia. The capital the of America was a bloodthirsty, horrible, dangerous place, one of the worst. And now it's a crime free city. And we're going to keep it that way. It can be done. It can happen fast. All we want is please, Mr. President, we need help. Chicago needs help. Other cities needs help. We'll do what has to be done. Because we're going to make America safe again. And that includes our big cities. We're going to make those cities safe. Thank you.
