Markwayne Mullin: “He had only been in the country for three years, and he had this long of the rap sheet and had been released…”

“And so when someone tries to flee from us, they're making their decisions. At that time. The truth is, this guy was an awful human being. He was a thug. He was a gangbanger. And He had only been in the country for three years, and he had this long of the rap sheet and had been released multiple times by New York State. at the same time. He was on probation. So you couldn't have got a worse of a worse thug than this than Oscar is. And why is the media so outraged by this?” (02:10–02:18)

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