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Ted Cruz: “He also announced plans to temporarily reassign 120 FBI…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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And number two, he signed a memorandum to the Secretary of Defense to utilize the National Guard. He placed DEA Administrator Terry Cole as the interim federal commissioner of D.C. police. And He also announced plans to temporarily reassign 120 FBI agents in D.C. to nighttime patrol duties. Um, all of that was announced today. And the reason he did it is he walked about the statistics about DC crime. DC's murder rate is higher than that of many cities around the globe. (06:39–06:50)

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