Donald Trump: “If you look at Minnesota, Minneapolis, we have crime down…”

“I'd do that if I were a Democrat. They call Trump in, let him do what they do. But we remove people, criminals from the cities and they become safe cities. If you look at Minnesota, Minneapolis, we have crime down there because we took out thousands of people. despite all the mess and everything else. But do these people really want to have rapists? Do they really want to have drug dealers and people from prisons and murderers?” (55:43–55:51)

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