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George H.W. Bush: “Interesting, though. Golly, I like the spirit of the people. But yes, the last part was more desolate than the first…”

On the recordMay 12, 1992
Interesting, though. Golly, I like the spirit of the people. But yes, the last part was more desolate than the first part. But the first part showed that the police getting involved like that made a tremendous difference on the drug fight. The message was very, very encouraging and upbeat. We would go out into these satellite precinct stations, and it was wonderful. Incidentally, in here I have not talked about the things we have done in terms of dollars for Los Angeles up to now, some $600 million- plus, not counting the law enforcement part of that. So there's a substantial amount of money going into L.A. that I----
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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