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Malik Evans: “The federal government is saying that we do not care about…”

Featuring: Malik Evans, Democratic | Mayor of Rochester, New York

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S1E4: Talking with the Mayor

Published | Video Starts at 35:06

I don't care if you're a Democrat, I don't care if you're Republican. I don't care if you're liberal or conservative. Basically what The federal government is saying that we do not care about local control. which everyone has always talked about. They're saying that we're willing to bypass the mayor and the governor and bring in troops into your city without going through the regular processes and what I call regular order that we've done before. (35:06–35:14)

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Asserts that the federal government is disregarding local control.

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