With an increase in violent crime spiking across the United States, Former Vice President Joe Biden’s administration is now pointing fingers at Republicans, making the astounding claim that the GOP is responsible for defunding the police.
Jen Psaki (aka Circle Back Girl) on Monday backed the outrageous claim of advisor Cedric Richmond who, over the weekend, had said Republicans had defunded police.
Absolutely shameless. Under questioning from Fox’s Peter Doocy, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki argues it’s *Republicans* who have been defunding the police and not supporting law enforcement because they didn’t vote for Biden’s stimulus boondoggle the American Rescue Plan. pic.twitter.com/pIwfFkonu1
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 28, 2021
Over the past year, Democrats, spurred on by BLM, called for defunding the police in almost every major metropolitan area. This created a backlash against police departments, creating a staffing crisis. As a result, murder rates increased by 30% in 2020. Already, in 2021, murder rates have jumped 24%.
In response to the Democrats wild claim, the GOP released a response highlighting the steps Democrats have taken to defund and criticize the police.
‘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.
The same day Psaki tells a room full of reporters that it’s not her party doing this. Can’t make it up. https://t.co/eeGtjKLDhh
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 29, 2021
