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Donald Trump: “Violent crime in the United States is up 37%.”

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

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Donald Trump holds news conference at Mar-a-Lago

Published | Video Starts at 38:48

I watched the CNN announcer say, this is a friendly group of people. And over his shoulder, the entire skyline was burning. I've never seen it, but that's the fake news. But Violent crime in the United States is up 37%. All of these different crimes are up anywhere from 37 to 105% over a very short period of time. And it's almost like nobody even cares about it. (38:48–38:52)

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