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Mike Garcia: “A very small percentage of people actually supported the…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 58:34

They deserve more help. They deserve more people working in the sheriff stations. They also deserve to be represented by elected officials who actually want to defend them and not defund them. A very small percentage of people actually supported the defund the police movement, but they were very vocal. And what happened was a lot of elected officials bent the need out of fear rather than staying true to the principles of supporting law enforcement. Okay, I was not one of them. (58:34–58:41)

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Asserts that only a small percentage supported the defund the police movement, but they were vocal.

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