Scott Baio (AP Photo)

Actor Scott Baio has a suggestion for dealing with people protesting the recent election of Donald Trump to the presidency: “Send Sheriff Clarke in there.”

Baio is referring to Sheriff David Clarke. Clarke is the Milwaukee County sheriff and the author of “Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America.” In a recent editorial in The Hill, Clarke wrote that

Donald Trump’s election was a tremendous repudiation of the America-loathing, servitude-loving, corruption-enabling, cop-hating culture that’s been growing steadily in America under the tutelage of leftist groups. In our democracy, the winner is still celebrated. But after witnessing the pathetic riots disguised as protests on our nation’s streets I’m wondering how long that could last.

Baio’s remarks came during a recent episode of the Fox show “Justice with Judge Jeanine.” (The remarks about Sheriff Clarke come at the 5:40 mark of the video below).

Baio and fellow actor Stephen Baldwin were on the show to discuss how Hollywood actors were reacting to the election of President-elect Trump. Asked by host Judge Jeanine Pirro if Trump’s victory meant that more people in Hollywood would publicly "come out" as conservative, Baio said “I don’t know if there are that many. A lot of them are still in the closet because they want to work. Right now with all this anger, it’s so unbelievable to me. Eight years ago I wasn’t crying and looking for a dog to hold. I wasn’t looking for someone with a pin on their shoulder and that was a safety person. Suck it up, you lost.”

At the end of the interview the subject turned to the recent protests over Trump’s election, Judge Pirro asked if President Obama should try and restore calm. “The president should step forward and try and create as much calm and peace and order as he can,” Baldwin said.

“Send Sheriff Clarke in there,” Baio added. “Send Sheriff Clarke in.”