Tina Smith: “The FBI is infiltrating into the mutual aid groups that have…”

“… treating, using violence to try to stop peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, and in two tragic cases, killing peaceful protesters. You can see it in the way that The FBI is infiltrating into the mutual aid groups that have sprung up all over Minnesota. You can see it in the way that the Justice Department is being used as a weapon to go after our political leaders, in the way the agencies are denying funding for childcare and food.” (03:07–03:16)

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