That is the caring, the loving thing to do. That is what New Yorkers believe is the right thing to do. And that is what a competent, effective government must do. We must attack the crime problem. After politicians have been minimizing the need for police and cutting funding, we must acknowledge the simple truth that they are just plain wrong, deadly wrong. They set us back, and we must now return to actually fighting crime. Let's remember what Mayor David Dinkins did when he took office and we had a crime problem. (04:55–05:11)
CLAIM
Asserts that minimizing the need for police and cutting funding is wrong and has contributed to crime problems.
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