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Tammy Baldwin: “If they stuck to what the Donald Trump said they would be…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Democratic US Sen. Tammy Baldwin on presidential war powers, ICE

Published | Video Starts at 01:23

The Trump administration sending thousands of masked, armed agents into neighborhoods across the country and into neighborhoods in Minnesota is only increasing tensions, not decreasing tensions. It's only bringing disruption rather than de escalating. And If they stuck to what the Donald Trump said they would be doing, which is going after hardened, violent criminals, that would be for the good. But right now, they are roaming schools and neighborhoods, residential neighborhoods, and that is escalating tensions, not bringing them down. Yeah. (01:23–01:33)

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Asserts that Trump administration's stated goal was to target hardened, violent criminals.

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