John Cornyn: “In Chicago, it's tolerated.”

“I mean, that's an emergency situation. That's a break the glass and figure out what do you need to do to solve the problem. In Chicago, it's tolerated. And I'm shocked that even here in the nation's capital, Mayor Bowser and city council tolerated the level of crime which we've talked about, which has made virtually everybody who visits here, everybody who works here, everybody who leaves here feel unsafe.” (01:02–01:05)

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