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Donald Trump: “In Chicago, they're getting beat to hell, they're being…”

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

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In fact, that producer, that person, I think they lost their jobs because everybody was saying, we want Trump to be there. They want the people right here to be there. Look, it's very simple. In Chicago, they're getting beat to hell, they're being shot. If you lose six or seven people die over a weekend, they consider that a successful weekend. And when you consider that a successful weekend, that's pretty bad. I had the president of Poland here a few days ago and we had a news conference. (22:14–22:23)

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Asserts that Chicago considers a weekend with six or seven deaths as successful.

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