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Mike Johnson: “There is a war on crime. And I will use as example what's…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins NBC's Meet the Press

Published | Video Starts at 08:14

Do you support the American military being used to fight American citizens? That's not what the president just said there. That's a mischaracterization of what he said. There is a war on crime. There is a war on crime. And I will use as example what's happened here in the District of Columbia. We're much safer. Everyone on your staff could walk from their cars to the studio this morning. Why? Because there are National Guard troops patrolling the streets. (08:14–08:22)

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Asserts that there is a war on crime, using Washington D.C. as an example.

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