Name: ICE's Tactics Degrade The Public's Trust In Law Enforcement - Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger
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Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest will be sworn in on Saturday as the governor of Virginia, becoming the state's first female executive.

Please welcome governor elect Abigail Spanberger.

You won your election in Virginia by 15 points.

You know, you were favored, but that was still surprised.

Lots of commentary dissecting what the Democratic party can learn from that big of a win.

What do you think they can learn from your race?

Well, I think it's pretty straightforward.

I think it comes down to the fact that people want someone who's focused on the issues that keep them up at night.

That is, can they afford to live their life, keep their house, pay for their medicine, are their kids getting a good education to set them up?

And in Virginia, on Saturday, we're going to get to work.

Do you have your speech all done and everything?

There was a moment in your acceptance speech the night you won that was delightful.

I wish we'd run it every night because I love it so much.

And we're going to run it again right here because I love it so much.

To my daughters, Claire, Charlotte, and Catherine.

You inspire me and motivate me every single day.

And, Catherine, you did not clean your room today as you promised me.

I love mom keeping it real, but I also love her saying, I'm working on it.

Well, what has been delightful is she's come home from school or come home from girl scouts or come home for all her activities with a little bit of an attitude, because people in public are asking her, have you cleaned your room?

So in Virginia, as in New York, they call the governor your Excellency.

That must be exciting to look forward to.

And do you think you're gonna get your family to do that?

And so broadly speaking, people across Virginia will make comments about how exciting it is that for the first time in Virginia, people will say, her excellency.

And we were at an event in Virginia a number of months before the election.

And the gentleman who was introducing me was so excited to say, and

in just a few months, when we introduce her, everyone will stand and say, her Excellency.

And then there was a brief lull in the crowd, and

you could hear a woman in the back say, I'm not doing that.

It was my sister, Older sister, younger sister, my middle sister, my middle sister making her opinion known to my mother.

So you're a lot of responsibility as a governor.

Governors have, recently, across the United States, have been put in a sort of an untenable situation, having their states invaded by their own federal government against their wishes, sending National Guard troops from other states when they weren't asked to do so.

This is actually right before I came out here.

It was announced that Minnesota and Illinois have announced that they're suing.

Illinois already won over the National Guard.

Now they're suing over ICE being sent in.

What's your reaction to what's happening?

So I'm the incoming governor of Virginia, but I also began my career as a federal agent.

I used to work narcotics in money laundering cases.

I worked on task forces with local, state, and federal police.

And what I learned every single day in law enforcement is your ability to do your job is built on trust.

And what we are seeing day in and day out when people are going in wearing masks, terrifying communities, is that they're breaking down that trust and it is actually impeding the ability to keep our communities safe, to enforce the law.

And as governor, I will ensure that we are a place where, yes, we uphold the law, but

people know that if they are a victim of a crime or if they are a witness of a crime, or if they are a community member, that they are in a place where there is trust that is being built and not degraded day in and day out by the tactics we're seeing.

Well, what if, Just take these two scenarios, National Guard troops are sent from another state, say Texas to Virginia.

Or ICE was sent in at this level of force and seemingly for just to harass and to instill fear.

What responses can you have as a governor within Virginia law that is not superseded by federal law to actually protect the citizens of your state or the residents of your state?

Well, at the end of the day, if there is an emergency in Virginia that requires the support of the Guard, first and foremost, we have an incredible guard in Virginia, and

To bring forth the Virginia Guard to help our citizens free.

We do not need outside support unless the governor is the one who makes that request.

And so as the incoming governor of Virginia, I will make known to the Trump administration that we, that we do not want, we do not want them trying to sow fear, to sow division within our communities.

If there isn't a warrant for someone's arrest, there's room for coordination between law enforcement agencies.

But what we have seen in places like Minnesota, it is, it is not meeting any end goal of making us safer.

And as someone who used to focus on counterterrorism cases when I was a CIA officer after my time in law enforcement, what really worries me is the fact that so many of our law enforcement capabilities are being pivoted away from investigating crimes and investigating potential threats that exist within our communities as they are leveraging people to pivot over towards sowing fear in communities.

We'll be right back with more Abigail Spanberger.

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