Tina Smith: “Clearly, the point is not improving public safety, because…”

“Do you think? Is that part of the point? I mean, I've talked to a number of people who believe the violence is part of the point. Oh, I think so. Clearly, the point is not improving public safety, because everything they're doing is damaging public safety. I think the point is to instill fear and to intimidate and to harass people. And what I, as awful as that is, what I love is how Minnesota has responded.” (02:31–02:38)

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