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Jasmine Crockett: “Trump had a record of locking up kids and putting them in…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett: "Texas Isn't Red — It's Unheard" | CNN w/ Jake Tapper

Published | Video Starts at 05:52

And that's what I meant. But at the same time, I knew what Trump meant because Trump had a record. Trump had a record of locking up kids and putting them in cages. So I knew what Trump meant, and so that's why it wasn't making sense to me. And ultimately, right now, I just came from a joint hearing that we were having on the Senate side. (05:52–05:56)

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Asserts that former President Trump had a policy of detaining children in cages.

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