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John Thune: “Sanctuary cities...have put up obstacles to doing even the…”

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

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Thune Joins Larry Kudlow on Fox Business

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

But if the Democrats want to, you know, stand in the way of that, then we're obviously happy to litigate that in the fall elections. I think Sanctuary cities...have put up obstacles to doing even the basic things. And when you have federal law enforcement officials that are operating there that are trying to clean up their streets trying to make their communities safer. (01:10–09:25)

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Asserts that sanctuary cities obstruct basic law enforcement activities.

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