Democrats are defunding the police

Instead of standing up to the radical defund the police activists in the Democrat Party who are endangering communities around the country, the Biden administration has decided to gaslight about police funding instead.

Over the past few days, Press Secretary Jen Psaki has falsely claimed that Republicans support defunding. Since she is obviously very confused, here are the facts.

It is DEMOCRAT-RUN cities that are defunding the police.  Here are just a few:

1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Washington, D.C.
4. Baltimore
5. Los Angeles
6. San Francisco
7. Minneapolis
8. Seattle
9. Portland, Oregon
10. Oakland
11. Austin, Texas
12. Hartford, Connecticut

‘Defund the Police’ also dominates Democrat rhetoric, including from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Democrats in Washington, D.C.

• Joe Biden said he supported reallocating police resources during the campaign.
• Kamala Harris said “I applaud Eric Garcetti” for defunding the Los Angeles police.
  • Harris said “we have to reimagine public safety” while discussing lowering the police presence in communities.
• Biden's Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said officials must heed calls to “decrease police budgets and the scope, role, and responsibility of police in our lives.”
• As Boston Mayor, Biden's Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh proposed a budget to divert funding from law enforcement.
• Biden's Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke supported efforts to “defund the police.”
• Democrat Rep. Val Demings called the Minneapolis City Council “very thoughtful” for voting to dismantle the police.
• Nancy Pelosi and fellow House Democrats refused to criticize the Minneapolis City Council for defunding the police.
• Democrat Maxine Waters called for protestors to “get more confrontational” with police.
• Democrat Ilhan Omar called for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department.
• Democrat Cori Bush called for defunding police as a congresswoman-elect.
• A Democratic National Convention panelist advocated for defunding the police: “We’re talking about abolishing the police…ICE…prisons.”
• A Minneapolis City Council member defended defunding the police, but said she didn’t “have all the answers” on who would respond to violent crime.
• Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn compared federal law enforcement to the Nazi Gestapo, and later ignored looting and arson in D.C., claiming the only violence he saw in D.C. was from police.
• Democrat Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he doesn’t want police officers to respond to rape.
• Former Democrat Rep. Joe Kennedy said he supported Maxine Waters’ call to confront the police.

Even now, after they’ve seen the consequences of cutting police funding, Democrats are doubling down on defunding:

• Amid a rise in crime, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood by her calls to “reallocate resources away” from police while downplaying the crime wave.
• Democrat Ayanna Pressley says she still supports defunding the police.
• Democrat Jamaal Bowman said he supports defunding the police.

And that’s not close to a comprehensive list.

Enough lies. Crime is surging on Biden’s watch as Democrats across the country push to defund the police. But Biden is showing he doesn’t have the backbone to stand-up to the radical left, and would rather play callous politics instead.