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Donald Trump: “We also helped, as you know, in Chicago and crime went down…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:25

New Orleans, it's down to almost nothing. 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. We did a very small help because we had no, no, we had no working ability with the governor. The governor was a disaster and the mayor was a disaster, but it knocked down crime. (12:25–12:31)

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Asserts that federal intervention helped reduce crime in Chicago.

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