… press secretary of the Trump administration, where they continue to repeat lies about my policies because it's harder to actually contend with what I've put forward in this mayoral campaign. I will not defund the police. I have not been running on defunding the police. I've said time and again I will sustain the headcount of the police department, and that I see the police as a critical partner in creating public safety. (12:49–12:53)
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Asserts that he will not defund the police and has not campaigned on it.
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