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Mike Garcia: “Defunding the police was the dumbest thing that any civics…”

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

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 1:43:54

It's a re instilling values and all of us to appreciate what the cops do, not make them the bad guys, but it's a funding level. Call the supervisor. Okay? Be aggressive with the supervisors verbally, and let them know that Defunding the police was the dumbest thing that any civics, you know, elected official has done, at least in the history of this country, in my opinion, recently. And the damages are reparable right now. And so you can't just spend the amount of money that you defunded at this point. You almost have to double that in order to just attract talent. (1:43:54–1:44:06)

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