And indeed, I'm somebody who, I do not believe in defunding the police. I'm somebody who has built the police. Our state police are stronger and larger today than they were when I took office and I followed a Republican governor under whom the Illinois State Police was diminished. And so, you know, I'm a believer that. But that's not the only way to fight crime, by the way. But putting that aside, Kristi Noem breaks the law every day in the job that she does. (12:12–12:19)
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Asserts that the Illinois State Police were diminished under the previous Republican governor.
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