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Russell Fry: “If we were a little bit smarter and did this, Kayla would…”

Featuring: Russell Fry, Republican | U.S. House South Carolina, District 7

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Published December 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:15

We're going to see if you have gang tattoos on your forehead or neck. These are just common sense things that this country can do so that we have less Kayla Hamilton tragedies in our country. And If we were a little bit smarter and did this, Kayla would still be alive today. Congressman Russell Fry, thank you so much. Great to see you this morning. And Merry Christmas. Thank you. We'll be right back. (07:15–07:20)

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Asserts that implementing certain measures could have prevented Kayla Hamilton's death.

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“When you flood the zone, when you put resources on the streets, guess what happens? There's less crime.”
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“If we pay cops, if we put more cops in the street, guess what? Even in our city, crime will go down.”
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“Public safety is not a partisan issue.”
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“We have illegal immigrants that have come into this country, that we have put them into our streets and in our communities and they have…”
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“When Mr. Martinez, who came to the country and he's Kayla's murder, when he came into the country, they were doing paper mache products and…”
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“He had a criminal background in his home country. He had gang tattoos.”
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“This bill just simply says we're going to look at your criminal background even if you're a minor.”
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“We're going to see if you have gang tattoos on your forehead or neck.”
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“These are just common sense things that this country can do so that we have less Kayla Hamilton tragedies in our country.”
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