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John Cornyn: “Motor vehicle theft has dropped precipitously.”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 01:40

So we can see here on the chart next to me what some of the impact has been comparing 2024 to 2025. And just the difference between here's 24 and here's 25, just for basically three weeks, Motor vehicle theft has dropped precipitously. Robbery, you can see here, was 24. Here's the first. The three weeks after President Trump announced the National Guard would begin law enforcement efforts, burglary down from 77 to 40, and combined, violent crime has dropped precipitously. (01:40–01:45)

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Asserts a significant decrease in motor vehicle theft in Washington, D.C. after certain actions were taken.

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