Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said Republicans need to "stand up" to the anarchy they face on the streets throughout the United States, during an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News.
"Some of these mobs, when you see them out there throwing bricks at police, they're injuring people, they’re killing some police, they blinded police and they keep doing it," Scalise said.
In 2017, Scalise was shot by James Hodgkinson while practicing for a Congressional softball game in Alexandria, Virginia.
"You see President Trump very vocal, that we’ve got to stand up against it, and for whatever reason, Joe Biden won’t stand up against it. I think people are fed up with seeing this kind of mob rule or anarchy in the streets. I mean you can peacefully protest that was no peaceful protest," Scalise said.
Scalise added, "There’s one thing to have a First Amendment right to peacefully protest. It’s another thing to try to hurt people, injure people, or even worse, in the case of Rand Paul and even my colleague Brian Mast, where they were literally just running up to people, getting in their face and trying to start a confrontation. There’s no place for that in America. That’s not what our country is about."
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