CHAFFETZ: Ted, Ted, are the National Guardsmen the good guys or the bad guys? They’re good guys.
WILLIAMS: They are absolutely–
CHAFFETZ: I can’t believe, but Ted, hold on a sec. Hold on, ok, why do you want less good guys? I, I, I’m shocked to hear you say that because I gotta tell you–
WILLIAMS: No, Jason, the National Guard is not trained, the National Guard members are not trained to do law enforcement work. And we’re happy in the District of Columbia they are on the streets of District of Columbia. We need to leave politics out of it. We just need to pray for the recovery of these two individuals. We need to get to the bottom and motive of why. Why would someone come into the District of Columbia with a gun, and just randomly ambush and shoot two National Guard members? That is what I’m deeply concerned about.
CHAFFETZ: Ted, I agree with you. Prayers, and well-wishes and everything we can do to support. But, I personally, I think it’s– I’m glad the president of the United States acted immediately and that the secretary of war stood up and said, you’re not gonna reward this. There’s gonna be more troops. There’s gonna be more support so that these things don’t happen. And when homicides are down 60% in Washington, D.C., and crime is down 30%, the men who live there and visit there are glad that these people are there. And I don’t think you go and say oh no, we need less. We’re gonna have–
WILLIAMS: I’m glad–
CHAFFETZ: Ted, you got to say your bit. No, I’m gonna keep going here because we gotta move onto the next part of the panel. But I want you to really think this thing through because less of them is not the answer to this. More of them is the right answer. And that should be debated in this country.
WILLIAMS: More law enforcement officers on the street is the answer. Professionals.
CHAFFETZ: Yes, yes. And they are [unintelligible]
