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J. D. Vance: “Governor Cooper was the man in charge [when soft on crime…”

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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks on Tax Cuts and Empowering Law Enforcement

Published September 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 31:42

But at the very top of that list is Governor Cooper because at the time that we are pushing these soft on crime policies, Governor Cooper was the man in charge [when soft on crime policies were pushed]. Now, I know we've got some great North Carolina legislators and I might call them out if they're here. Do we have North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall? Where's Destin at? (31:42–31:51)

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Asserts that Governor Cooper was responsible for implementing soft on crime policies.

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“In most big cities the gross majority, over 90% of violent crime is committed by fewer than 1% of the city's residents.”
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“Some of these people...are ruling over cities that have violent crime rates that are worse than Mogadishu.”
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“It means pursuing enhanced sentences for violent criminals, like the violent criminal who murdered that poor innocent girl in Charlotte…”
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“You have a violent criminal who has been arrested 14 times, often for very violent offenses, who gets on a bus with an innocent young girl…”
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“In Dallas, Texas, an ICE facility, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, was opened fire upon by a violent left wing extremist.”
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“There was a big bill that was going around and it was basically that we were going to try to eliminate qualified immunity from police…”
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“Some of America's cities today have worse murder rates than the very worst third world cities all over the world.”
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“If the mayor of Charlotte and the governor of North Carolina asked for our help, we would absolutely send it.”
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“The Secretary of Homeland Security put another, I believe, $64 million into the disaster relief effort.”
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