On Fox News, Bernie Kerik suggests Trump send “an enormous amount of manpower” into American cities
Kerik: “We live in this politically correct society where I think chiefs are afraid to have their cops go out there and use force”
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Citation From May 31, 2020, special coverage on Fox News
BERNARD KERIK: You've got to use force where force is necessary. Today, we live in this politically correct society where I think chiefs are afraid to have their cops go out there and use force. I think the mayors are afraid for political reasons. I just think it's disgusting.
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None of these mayors should take it. They're cowards. I don't have any other word beside the word coward. They are afraid to do the job that has to be done.
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KERIK: I also understand the president's problem. And the problem is these people, the people that are responsible for these cities and these states, they are the mayors and the governor. It's not the president. The president's not ultimately responsible.
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I think eventually, it may come to pass that the president's going to have to basically say "if you cannot do it, I'm going to do it" and then dispatch an enormous amount of manpower into those cities.