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Kari Lake: “My opponent called to defund the police when he was marching…”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate

Published | Video Starts at 55:00

We want to make sure we have a strong economy once again. We want to fully fund our police. My opponent called to defund the police when he was marching in the BLM riots and calling police officers racist. and actually the bad guys. And that's very unfortunate. I want every police officer and their family to know I fully support you. We will fully fund the police. (55:00–55:09)

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Asserts that [Ruben Gallego] called to defund the police and labeled officers as racist during BLM protests.

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