Defund-the-police is alive and well in the Democrat Party. The evidence? The Democrat nominee for Senate in Wisconsin Mandela Barnes.
Barnes backs abolishing ICE.
He insisted police budgets are “over-bloated” while calling for defunding.
In 2020, now-Democrat Senate candidate Mandela Barnes called for defunding "over-bloated" police departments. pic.twitter.com/G9uioz52CP
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 10, 2022
He mocked Americans concerned that defunding the police would lead to a crime wave. He also implied police funding should be stripped to fund art programs for people to “express themselves.”
Wisconsin Democrat Mandela Barnes in 2020:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 10, 2022
“defunding isn’t necessarily as aggressive as a lot of folks paint it… the minute you talk about reducing a police department’s budget, then it’s like all hell breaks loose and everybody acts like you’re signaling Armageddon” pic.twitter.com/u8o3m0q641
We have a police-morale crisis in cities around the country, crime is spiking, and Democrats like Barnes are to blame.
