Donald Trump EvokesThe PurgeAfter Saying ‘One Really Violent Day’ of Policing Would End Crime

Mar. 15, 2025

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Former PresidentDonald Trumpsuggested that “one real rough, nasty” and “violent” day could effectively end crime.

While speaking at a rally in Erie, Pa., on Sunday, Trump, 78, expressed concern over crime in the United States, which he claimed is “at a level we’ve never seen.”

“It’s rampant. It’s rising,” Trump said, adding, “We have to let police do their job, [even] if they have to be extraordinarily rough.”

In 2023, America saw one of itslowest violent crime ratesin 50 years, though shoplifting rates havebeen on the risein 2024.

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Discussing thefts from drug stores, where he claimed people are stealing “air conditioners” and carrying out “refrigerators on their back,” Trump proposed that his solution would require just one day.

“If you had one day, like one real, rough, nasty day … If you had one really violent day,” he stated regarding police action to eliminate crime. “One rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out and it will end immediately, you know? It will end immediately.”

“The way he watchedThe Purgeand sat there like you know what… we should try this,” one X user said. “He’s just describing the premise ofThe Purge,” another added.

source: people.com