Kristi Noem: “Protesters and violent criminals were attacking our law…”

“Because of the Protesters and violent criminals were attacking our law enforcement. If you remember in that operation, what happened was our officers were out trying to get a car stuck out of the snow when they were surrounded and assaulted and blocked in by protesters that were inciting.” (00:00–00:05)

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