Trump suggests 'one really violent day' of policing would end crime at Erie rally

At a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania on September 29, 2024, Trump said retail theft could be ended by "one really violent day" of policing, telling the crowd, "One rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out and it will end immediately, you know? It will end immediately," and separately invoking "one real, rough, nasty day." Commentators compared the proposal to the premise of the film "The Purge," and the Philadelphia Inquirer placed it in his documented history of endorsing extrajudicial police violence; his campaign said he was not making a serious policy proposal. At the same rally he repeated, for the second consecutive day, his claim that Harris was "mentally impaired," remarks disability advocates had condemned after his Prairie du Chien speech the previous day.

“One rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out and it will end immediately, you know? It will end immediately.” Quote verified against source