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Richard Blumenthal: “We should shut down [DHS], because this kind of lawlessness…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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"Lawlessness & Brutality" Blumenthal says We Need to Rein in DHS

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

I hope it will move my Republican colleagues to accede to the demands that we're making. My view is unless those demands are met, We should shut down [DHS], because this kind of lawlessness and brutality are spanning our country. Minneapolis is everywhere in America. We are all Minneapolis. And these witnesses are simply asking for accountability and reform. Brutalized, not receiving medical care, which came up over and over again, which really struck us. (01:13–01:22)

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Asserts that DHS should be shut down due to lawlessness and brutality.

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