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John Thune: “Democrats are going to defund the police. That is the mantra…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Published | Video Starts at 00:13

With all due respect to the former vice president, it seems to me at least the Democrats, there's no shortage of bad ideas. And chief among those is this idea that they're Democrats are going to defund the police. That is the mantra of the Democrat Party. It's the position of the Democrats here in Washington, in the House and the Senate. And as a consequence of that, Republicans are going to be forced to take care of the American people. (00:13–00:22)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party's position is to defund the police.

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