President Donald Trump “has shown the entire country that if you are a leader and you have the will to do what’s necessary, you can make America safe again,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said Friday on Newsmax.
“What he’s done in the District of Columbia is nothing short of phenomenal. I mean, you’ve already got, what, almost 3,000 arrests since the crime crackdown here in the District of Columbia. They’ve confiscated almost 300 illegal guns,” Emmer told “Wake Up America.”
On whether Congress needs to pass a nationwide crime bill, Emmer said, “My whole point is, yes, we can do a crime bill on federal crimes. But local authorities … What I do is point the finger at my failing governor and the leaders in Minneapolis and St. Paul and woke prosecutors that refuse to prosecute low-level crimes.”
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