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Brandon Williams: “These are people that want to destroy America and they're…”

Featuring: Brandon Williams, Republican | Former U.S. House, New York, District 22

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Violent protests will stop 'when America decides to defend itself': Rep. Williams | Wake Up America

Published | Video Starts at 04:00

And that's what happened. And it should be met with that kind of force and make this nonsense stop. This is. These are people that want to destroy America and they're entitled to chant and protest, but they're not entitled to beat the police. They're not entitled to destroy American or, sorry, you know, government property. And they're not entitled to shut down our streets or take over our universities or anything else. And we got to stand up. (04:00–04:18)

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Asserts that protesters are not entitled to beat police or destroy government property.

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