“We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police. It’s to fund the police,” Biden said to strong applause, with cameras showing McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise clapping and giving him a standing ovation. “Fund them. Fund them. Fund them with resources and training.”
President Joe Biden on Tuesday drew bipartisan applause — including from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — for his calls to fund the police in his State of the Union address.
Biden has long rejected the concept of defunding the police, a push from some progressive Democrats that Republicans have used frequently to attack the opposing party.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), one of the most vocal supporters of the push in Congress to defund the police, slammed Biden on Twitter for not mentioning “saving Black lives” in his address and repeated her calls to defund the police. In his speech Tuesday, Biden didn’t mention racial issues or a push for equity — which has been a common refrain in his administration.
Last month, Pelosi specifically referred to Bush in saying that defunding the police wasn’t the party line.
Democrats saw black americans being beaten and killed by police, starting the Black Lives Matter movement, and went “MORE COPS! MORE AMMO! MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE!”
When Trump sends goons to my door, their weapons used to escort me to a camp will be paid for by this congress.
Yep, and never forget the “fund the police!” Democratic party members who put us in this situation
Biden draws bipartisan applause for calls to ‘fund the police’
Democrats saw black americans being beaten and killed by police, starting the Black Lives Matter movement, and went “MORE COPS! MORE AMMO! MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE!”
When Trump sends goons to my door, their weapons used to escort me to a camp will be paid for by this congress.