Mike Johnson: “The D.C. mayor here in Washington, where we cleaned it up…”

“And that's a real problem. If you poll the people who are involved, the actual citizens who are having to live in these criminal zones. They're grateful for the help. The D.C. mayor here in Washington, where we cleaned it up because the National Guard troops is a progressive Democrat. But she said thank you so much because we brought crime rates down dramatically here. And she is dealing in reality, when these other officials that you just named are dealing with politics, that's all this is.” (12:12–12:20)

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