Speaker of the House Declares ‘Defund the police is dead.’
Let’s press pause and back up for one second. Crime and safety follow the economy as voters’ leading reasons to get to the polling station this November. Democrats’ indecision over the “defund the police” slogan claiming headlines for the last two years shows negative projections for their outcome this fall.
Party leaders contradict each other while progressives declare to defund. The bold statements from Squad members have proven to be a significant obstacle in the party’s endeavor to hold the House. At the same time, voters lose faith in Democrats’ aptitude to discuss increased violence nationwide.
A quick look at Democratic leaders’ claims and pro-defunders’ statements details the wing’s troubles.
Democratic Representative Cori Bush Spoke to Defund the Police
First, Democratic Representative Cori Bush spoke to defund the police. George Stephanopoulos mentioned the statements while interviewing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi responded, “With all due respect in the world to Cori Bush, that is not the position of the Democratic Party. Defund the police is dead.”
'The answer is not to defund the police.' - President Joe Biden
Second, during the State of the Union Address, President Biden said, “We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police. The answer is to fund the police. Fund them. Fund them.”
Social media shows Rep. Bush didn’t get the memo. Bush published a tweet after the address, reading, “With all due respect, Mr. President, you didn’t mention saving Black lives once in this speech. All our country has done is given more funding to police. The result? 2021 set a record for fatal police shootings. Defund the police. Invest in our communities.”
Gunman Shoots up New York Subway Train
Third, a gunman shot up a New York subway train while a 2019 letter from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerrold Nadler, and other liberal New York House members rematerialized. The letter to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke against a crime reduction proposal to add 500 Metropolitan Transportation Authority officers to the subways.
AOC was not interested. AOC and other members felt it would be wiser to spend the increased MTA officer funding on “desperately needed resources” such as “subway, bus, maintenance, and service improvements,” informing Cuomo, “The subway system is now safer than before.”
Well, apparently, the subway system is not safer than before. Continue reading how defund the police continues to haunt Democrats.
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