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House Conservatives Calls On Barr To ‘Immediately Begin Making Arrests’ Of Those Destroying Monuments  June 29, 2020  Martin Walsh

As protests across the country have continued for nearly a month, several historical monuments across the U.S. have been vandalized and, in some cases, destroyed.

President Donald Trump and many Republicans have called for swift action to stop the destructive acts.

In a press conference late last week, the House Freedom Caucus demanded that Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray apprehend and prosecute those involved in these property crimes, according to the Washington Examiner.

Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs, who chairs the caucus, stood outside of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., when he emphasized the “necessity of federal intervention when states and local jurisdictions allow the rights of their citizens to be violated, the public property to be attacked, vandalized, and destroyed.”

He went on to advise federal officials to “immediately begin making arrests of those who are attempting to violate rights and disturb our peace and vandalize our federal property and attacking our private property.”

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy echoed a similar message as Biggs.

“You don’t have liberty if you don’t have order,” Roy said, asserting that it is “time for the federal government to do its job and enforce the laws of the United States.”

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