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Donald Trump: “We brought down crime by 25% [in Illinois].”

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Published | Video Starts at 21:37

We're not going to pay them and we're not going to pay California and we're not going to pay Illinois with that big slob of a governor that they have that doesn't want, you know, We brought down crime by 25% [in Illinois]. He didn't do anything. He's not doing anything. But they want us to leave. He had a day where they had 17 murders not too long ago. (21:37–21:40)

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Asserts that his administration reduced crime in Illinois by 25%.

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