John Cornyn: “It's dangerous when you have people say, we ought to defund…”

“… our law enforcement officials, whether it's the local police, our state police, law enforcement officers, or federal officers like ICE from enforcing the laws that Congress itself has passed, and It's dangerous when you have people say, we ought to defund the police, we ought to abolish ICE. and encouraging some of this non compliance with lawful orders by law enforcement. What happened in Minneapolis was tragic, but the woman involved should have complied with the officer's instructions, …” (10:43–10:49)

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