Senator, what is your message to your Democrat colleagues when it comes to rhetoric on what our National Guard troops are doing in our cities? Well, We've had National Guard troops in the capital city since August. The crime statistics are way down. Every single Guard. I wonder if they ever, if my colleagues ever walked around the city and talked to the Guard members who were there. (04:18–04:24)
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Asserts that the presence of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. since August has reduced crime statistics.
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