John Hoeven: “To refuse to have your local, your local police, your…”

“That's violating the law and they put everybody at risk. It is the neighboring state, as we mentioned, you were governor of North Dakota. What's, what's the difference between Minnesota and North Dakota? To refuse to have your local, your local police, your sheriff's office, your state police, have them in there in a way that keeps people safe and maintains peaceful protests. They're not doing their job. North Dakota Republican senator and former governor John Hoeven, we appreciate you coming on today. Thank you, Senator. Well, I think it does go back to leadership.” (04:56–05:11)

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