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Donald Trump: “Washington would not allow us to have the security that was…”

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

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Donald Trump campaigning in Milwaukee

Published | Video Starts at 1:15:19

And when we drove in, I said, boy, that's a big crowd. And I'm used to the biggest of crowds. And this was a big, beautiful crowd. And Washington would not allow us to have the security that was the secret service that was necessary. And that happened a little bit with respect to today also. You saw all the people. I don't know if anybody was up there, but you saw the people. (1:15:19–1:15:26)

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Asserts that Washington did not provide necessary Secret Service security.

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