"The violent crime statistic is a very manipulated statistic...there are many horrible, horrible, crimes that they…
"The violent crime statistic is a very manipulated statistic...there are many horrible, horrible, crimes that they don't include in that, possession of child pornography, trafficking in heroin, and there are many other such crimes. So the left uses the violent crime statistic to deflate the number of horrible, horrible criminals we are removing from this country." @DHSGenCounsel
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I noticed they continue to say, 60 Minutes, they point out only people who commit violent crimes. What about people who commit other crimes, and what about every single illegal alien in this country who came into this country illegally? Is that not a crime? Well, that's absolutely right. It is illegal to enter this country illegally. But, you know, one of the things I pointed out in the interview, and we've put this on my Twitter account, the violent crime statistic is a very manipulated statistic because it's only quote -unquote violent crime if you... put hands on somebody in a violent way. There are many horrible, horrible crimes that they don't include in that. Possession of child pornography, trafficking in heroin, and there are many other such crimes. So the left uses the violent crime statistic to deflate the number of horrible, criminals that we're removing from this country.
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“possession of child pornography, trafficking in heroin, and there are many other such crimes”
“the violent crime statistic is a very manipulated statistic because it's only quote -unquote violent crime if you... put hands on somebody in a violent way” (in the post's video)
“It is illegal to enter this country illegally” (in the post's video)
“Possession of child pornography, trafficking in heroin, and there are many other such crimes”
“60 Minutes, they point out only people who commit violent crimes” (in the post's video)
“we've put this on my Twitter account” (in the post's video)
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"The violent crime statistic is a very manipulated statistic...there are many horrible, horrible, crimes that they don't include in that, possession of child pornography, trafficking in heroin, and there are many other such crimes. So the left uses the violent crime statistic to deflate the number of horrible, horrible criminals we are removing from this country." @DHSGenCounsel
I noticed they continue to say, 60 Minutes, they point out only people who commit violent crimes. What about people who commit other crimes, and what about every single illegal alien in this country who came into this country illegally? Is that not a crime? Well, that's absolutely right. It is illegal to enter this country illegally. But, you know, one of the things I pointed out in the interview, and we've put this on my Twitter account, the violent crime statistic is a very manipulated statistic because it's only quote -unquote violent crime if you... put hands on somebody in a violent way. There are many horrible, horrible crimes that they don't include in that. Possession of child pornography, trafficking in heroin, and there are many other such crimes. So the left uses the violent crime statistic to deflate the number of horrible, criminals that we're removing from this country.
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