President Donald Trump said National Guard officers are authorized to hit back if "insurrectionists" spit in their faces, warning that "such disrespect will not be tolerated." (Ethan Swope/The Associated Press)
"The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others," Trump posted. "These Patriots are told to accept this, it’s just the way life runs. But not in the Trump Administration."
"IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before," the president said.
He added: "Such disrespect will not be tolerated."
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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