What we've seen is the agency respond with a heavy hand to people who may have committed a minor offense or more egregiously showing up and detaining people based on the color of their skin or … Republican legislators see [transgender issues] as a way to evade accountability on other issues where they have failed people of this state. … building trust in communities so that we can have safer communities. That means having law enforcement agencies who don't, you know, skirt the law. This is ICE we're talking about. (26:50–27:02)
CLAIM
Asserts that Republican legislators use transgender issues to distract from their failures.
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