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Donald Trump: “We haven't had a murder... we would have, on average, two…”

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

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Trump addresses House Republicans at the Trump-Kennedy Center

Published | Video Starts at 36:27

He's going to have pretty bad after effects. But that was a different. That was a terrorist attack on people that are doing a great Job. And it could have been anywhere. But We haven't had a murder... we would have, on average, two murders a week in Washington. I don't even like talking about it. Two. Two murders a week in Washington, D.C. we have. We haven't had one in seven months. People can walk out now. (36:27–36:33)

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Asserts that Washington D.C. has not had a murder in seven months, compared to an average of two per week.

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