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Donald Trump: “They emptied their mental institutions, Tom. Is that right?…”

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

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Trump hosts 'Angel Families Remembrance Ceremony' at White House

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But the one thing that I can't do anything about it is that he allowed 25 million people many of these murderers, drug lords, criminals, people from mental institutions. They emptied their mental institutions, Tom. Is that right? All over the world, not just in South America. They emptied their jails, many of them from all over the world. Why? Why would we do this? And they walk in, nobody even asked for, like, do you have an identification? (27:39–27:45)

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Asserts that countries worldwide emptied their mental institutions, sending people to the U.S.

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