President Trump calls treatment of St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters 'a disgrace'

President Trump on Tuesday defended a St. Louis couple who went viral after they stood outside their home brandishing weapons as a group of protesters marched past them.

"They were going to be beat up badly if they were lucky, OK, if they were lucky," Trump asserted in an interview at the White House with the conservative outlet Townhall.

"They were going to be beat up badly, and the house was going to be totally ransacked and probably burned down like they tried to burn down churches," the president continued.

"These people were standing there, never used it, and they were legal, the weapons," Trump said. "And now I understand somebody local, they want to prosecute these people. It’s a disgrace."

Mark and Patricia McCloskey made headlines late last month after video footage surfaced of them pointing... (Read more)

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