TIM SCOTT: What we need to focus on, Jon, is the violence that we're seeing across this nation. Under Joe Biden, we've seen the greatest increase in violent crime in my lifetime, and so focusing on ways for us to reduce that crime means getting four more years of Donald Trump. Under Donald Trump, we actually respected law enforcement. Under Joe Biden, we've seen the movement to defund the police, leaving communities like the one I grew up in devastated and ravaged by a wave of violent crime that we have not seen literally in five decades.
JON KARL: Actually, senator as you probably know, the latest stats on violent crime and on the murder rate, they're actually down this past year, but let me get back to my question about the Supreme Court's decision.
SCOTT: Let's take -- let's take a look -- let's take a look at those crime rates. We've seen over 4,000 shootings just in the city of Chicago. We've seen a spike in violent crime. It's nice to see something plateau, but the fact of the matter is simple. Under Joe Biden, neighborhoods like the ones I grew up in have been ravaged --
KARL: Okay, but back to --
SCOTT: People raised like me are trapped in their houses from the time the sun goes down until it comes up again.
