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Pete Hegseth: “We didn't have enough guys and they didn't have enough…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 44:23

So it was after they burned the church, after they, you know, almost scaled the walls of the actual White House. But those days, three, two, three, four, were dicey, too. And We didn't have enough guys and they didn't have enough people on the streets. So they just said, if you have any combat experience and you're willing to put a little team together and we'll give you a shield and a baton and a visor, and you just get out there and you're just. (44:23–44:28)

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Asserts that there were insufficient personnel during the George Floyd riots in Washington, D.C.

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