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Donald Trump: “11,888 murders, half of whom committed more than one.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 11:13

You know, when they ran this, they let 25 million people into our country. And many of those people were from prisons, they were from mental institutions, drug dealers, murderers. 11,888 murders, half of whom committed more than one. More than one murder. They, they think that was fine. I happen to like law enforcement. They essentially want to defund law enforcement, and I don't think the public's going to let them get away with it. (11:13–11:19)

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Asserts that there were 11,888 murders, with half of the perpetrators committing more than one murder.

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