When the ropes started going around Abraham Lincoln to pull him down, Andrew Jackson, others, and they were heading to the Jefferson Memorial, Thomas Jefferson, they're going to do a big number there. I said, it's time. And I signed that statute immediately. We had it updated. We made it use the same language all passed by Congress. And I announced it's 10 years in jail, no probation, no anything. 10 years, no curtail sentence. (40:07–40:10)
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Asserts that Donald Trump signed the statute regarding statue protection.
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