Tucker Carlson: “Thousands of people are shot in Chicago every year.”

“So if you don't control that, you're literally not a country. So that's not an optional law. That is a core law. And in the case of Chicago and Portland, but particularly Chicago, shameful. Thousands, Thousands of people are shot in Chicago every year. Whole parts of Chicago you can't go to. Not if you like me. You Can't. It's so racist and violent. You literally can't walk through parts of a city that you pay for as a federal taxpayer.” (19:25–19:29)

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