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Mike Lawler: “Crime has gone up significantly [in New York].”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Overtime with Bill Maher: David Hogg, Donna Brazile, Rep. Mike Lawler (HBO)

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

The bigger issue is holding criminals accountable across our country when they're actually breaking the law. And that is something that I think, you know, as a New York representative, where Crime has gone up significantly [in New York]. You're down in Washington, D.C. we see it a lot as well. That is the bigger Issue and the bigger debate to have about how to deal with actual crime in this country as opposed to reopening Alcatraz. (02:07–02:13)

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Asserts that crime rates have increased significantly in New York.

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