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J. D. Vance: “There was too much crime and too few law enforcement agents…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:05

If you look at wait times at 911 response times all across our country, but certainly in Washington, D.C. they were way too long. And that wasn't because of the D.C. police. That was because There was too much crime and too few law enforcement agents on the street to bring order and decency to this city. You look at, you talk to these guys. I talked to three police officers earlier. I talked to the National Guard. (10:05–10:12)

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Asserts that there is excessive crime and insufficient law enforcement in Washington, D.C.

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