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J. D. Vance: “It's taken so long to bring common decency and law and order…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 12:17

We've got moms and dads and young families. Shouldn't they be able to enjoy public spaces without vagrants taking away basic public safety from the American citizenry? The fact that It's taken so long to bring common decency and law and order back to Washington, D.C. is an indictment of a generation of failed leadership. And I hope these guys know how grateful we are that they're doing the job that so few, so many fail to do. (12:17–12:23)

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Asserts that restoring law and order to Washington, D.C. has been a prolonged process.

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