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Kristi Noem: “We have historic low crime rates. In fact, since we've been…”

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

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Senator Josh Hawley's Exchange with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem | 03.03.26

Published | Video Starts at 03:30

… because we stopped the cartels and other drug manufacturers from proliferating it on our children and our grandchildren. How about crime? What has it meant for crime in this country? We have historic low crime rates. In fact, since we've been keeping this data for 125 years, we've never had a lower murder rate than what we have right now. Even though we deal with challenges in sanctuary cities and in areas where they don't partner with us to bring and address public safety threats, we still have done fantastic … (03:30–03:41)

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Asserts that current murder rates are the lowest in 125 years.

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