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Kristi Noem: “L A wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:29

You know, that always is a prerogative of President Trump and his decision. I won't speak to the specifics of the operations that are planned in other cities, but I do know that L A wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't taken action. Then that city would have burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor of that state. (01:29–01:34)

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Asserts that Los Angeles would have been destroyed without federal intervention.

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