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Adam Schiff: “He tried to paint everyone who was in the country who was…”

Featuring: Adam Schiff, Democratic | U.S. Senate, California

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Senator Adam Schiff Criticizes President Trump's Actions in Los Angeles Amid Curfew Announcement

Published | Video Starts at 06:11

Well, he said a lot of things on the campaign trail and often he said things that were mutually contradictory. He also said he was going to focus on deporting violent criminals. He hasn't done that. Now. He tried to paint everyone who was in the country who was undocumented as a violent criminal. That was a lie. And the fact that he can't find or doesn't care to try to ferret out people who have committed crimes and is doing these indiscriminate raids shows, I think, how he is breaking his commitment. (06:11–06:18)

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Asserts that President Trump falsely labeled undocumented immigrants as violent criminals.

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