Donald Trump: “New Orleans, it's down to almost nothing [crime rate].”

“And it's a rough, it was a rough, rough section and we have crime down. I understand it's down to almost nothing already after two and a half weeks. New Orleans, it's down to almost nothing [crime rate]. And we've only been there for two and a half weeks. Can't imagine why governors wouldn't want us to help. We also helped, as you know, in Chicago and crime went down a little bit there.” (12:16–12:20)

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