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Mark Pocan: “D.C. obviously is a product, so, so to speak, of the federal…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 12:11

What's your concern about whether we will see Donald Trump use the streets of Wisconsin to continue this show of force for whatever purposes it's, it's all about? It's certainly not about crime. I think it's more difficult than in D.C. i mean, D.C. obviously is a product, so, so to speak, of the federal government. Right. So therefore, he has a lot more control because we have budgetary control for D.C. however, when it comes to Chicago, when it comes to Milwaukee, I don't think he can do what he's putting the bravado out there he wants to do. (12:11–12:18)

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Asserts that D.C. is under federal government control.

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