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Mike Garcia: “There's cases of rape, there's cases of assault that are…”

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

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 1:28:27

… by the way, when they call it a misdemeanor, you should look at the list of things that they call a misdemeanor. It's actually very violent crimes in many cases. There's cases of rape, there's cases of assault that are considered misdemeanors, which are literally released that day. Then you overlay cashless bail where you've got elected officials and Das like Gaspill and saying, hey, I'm not going to charge you anything to get out of prison for free. (1:28:27–1:28:37)

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Asserts that some violent crimes like rape and assault are considered misdemeanors and result in same-day release.

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