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On the recordJanuary 29, 2023
I take the issue of policing in America, seriously. I want our Body to see it not as an issue of Republicans versus Democrats. But as good people standing in the gap, elected to do a job that we all ran to do. Let's do our jobs. We can make a difference in this nation. Had the duty to intervene, been law of the land, on the federal level, it could have made a difference, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott emphasizes the importance of bipartisan action on policing reform and suggests that federal intervention could have prevented the tragedy in Memphis.

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