Democratic State Rep. John DeBerry Shames Rioters, ‘What Kind Of People Have We Become?’

08/30/2020

If we don't start standing for something don't you know that the people that are looking at what's happening in Washington, in Detroit, in Portland, in Seattle, they're getting emboldened because we act like a bunch of punks. Too frightened to stand up and protect our own stuff. You tell me that somebody has the right to tear down property that Tennessee taxpayers paid for? That American taxpayers paid for? And somebody has the right to destroy it, deface it, and tear it down? What kind of people have we become?

DeBerry predicted possible consequences of his words saying, "I'm sure everything I say is going to be misconstrued and misquoted and used against me in November. Fine, fine, because I stand for my father's legacy."

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