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Tina Smith: “We cannot just stand by while this federal police force in…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith calls for 'meaningful restraint' of 'lawless' federal agents

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

So give us your latest take. Is this fight worth a partial government shutdown to you? I think we are very, very firm as Democrats in the Senate that We cannot just stand by while this federal police force in Minnesota, in places elsewhere in the country, but particularly in Minnesota, where they are shooting and killing United States citizens, people who are peacefully demonstrating and exercising their constitutional rights. So we are quite firm about this. And the only sensible thing to do is for the leader, the Republican leader, to understand that he needs to break aside the … (01:53–02:14)

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Asserts that federal police forces are shooting and killing peaceful demonstrators in Minnesota.

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