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Steve Chabot: “Back in the summer of 2020 following the horrific death of George Floyd, many protesters and elected officials, mostly…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2022
Back in the summer of 2020 following the horrific death of George Floyd, many protesters and elected officials, mostly Democrats, across the country proclaimed that because Mr. Floyd had died at the hands of a police officer it was time to defund the police.
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Steve Chabot
Republican · Ohio

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Chabot discusses the call to defund the police after George Floyd's death.

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