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Donald Trump: “We took out almost 5,000 people out of Washington, D.C.”

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

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President Trump Signs the Secure America Act

Published | Video Starts at 13:16

There's nothing you can do to make them nice. They're tough people. They're bad people. Some of them had records. 22, 23. 1 in 28 arrests and rough arrests for murder. And we got. We took out almost 5,000 people out of Washington, D.C. and if you remember. So 2% of the people create 91% of the crime. When you hear that number, it's great. I love that number because you can handle 2%. (13:16–13:21)

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Asserts that nearly 5,000 people were removed from Washington, D.C.

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